An unidentified drone suspected to have come from Belarus entered into Lithuanian airspace on Monday, according a local outlet. Darius Buta, a representative of Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center, told public broadcaster LRT that a drone was spotted at an altitude of approximately 650 feet near the capital city of Vilnius.

As the front lines froze, and air defenses got better, Russia and Ukraine pivoted away from close bombing runs to standoff attacks.

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Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, confirmed that a drone from Belarus had flown into Lithuania. He called it Russia's attempt to humiliate NATO in the Baltic states. Overnight, Russian forces launched 324 drones of various types and seven missiles at Ukraine.

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