NATO should shoot down Russian warplanes, Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene has said. Her comments came after Estonia, Lithuania’s neighbor, accused Russia of violating its airspace – something that Moscow has denied.

“We need to mean business,” Sakaliene said in a post on X, claiming that Russia “tested” the bloc’s borders “for a reason.”

Türkiye “set an example 10 years ago,” the minister added, referring to an incident in which the Turkish Air Force downed a Russian bomber over Syria, where Moscow was aiding the government of then President Bashar Assad against extremist groups.

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