The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Colonel Dainius Paškevičius, stated that 2 kilograms of explosives were found in the drone.

"For comparison, a Shahed-type drone, which has a similar structure and model, can carry up to 50 kg of explosives," the officer said, without answering questions about why the explosives on the drone that flew to Lithuania did not detonate and whether there was a possibility that this could happen.

It is suspected that it was a Gerbera drone launched by Russia into Ukraine, which was disoriented due to good defense and ended up in Lithuania, says Minister of National Defense Dovilė Šakalienė.

According to D. Šakalienė, the main version remains that the person who flew into Lithuania was not sent on purpose and flew back because he was disoriented.

"Despite the fact that the main version is that it was a disoriented drone that ended up with us, (...) the situation is serious in any case. We do not have specific information that it was sent to Lithuania on purpose," D. Šakalienė said at a press conference on Tuesday.

According to her and Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys, Lithuania has sent a letter to the Secretary General of the NATO alliance with a request to help strengthen air defense in Lithuania.

"We have informed our allies about the preliminary details of the investigation. (...) I emphasize that this is not only a matter of Lithuanian security, but also of EU and NATO security. We have signed a letter to the NATO Secretary General, requesting additional air defense measures," said K. Budrys.

"We will submit a request to deploy experimental air defense measures in Lithuania," D. Šakalienė seconded.

She also assured that Lithuania is not expecting any more incidents and is considering the possibility of making specific purchases and protecting the state border.

"We are assessing how quickly we can make the necessary purchases to adequately defend the state border. (...) The process is ongoing, we do not expect further incidents," said D. Šakalienė.

It is believed that the aircraft accidentally entered Lithuanian territory, which is the main version of its entry into Lithuania, but other versions are also still being investigated.

Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė announced this at a press conference at the Prosecutor General's Office in Vilnius on Tuesday.

"A drone was found, and based on available data, it is believed to be a Gerbera." (...) Upon inspection of the device, it was determined that it was carrying an explosive charge, which Lithuanian military specialists successfully neutralized on site. After the charge was neutralized, the drone parts were transported for various tests," said N. Grunskienė.

She thanked the people who immediately provided information about the drone's flight, those who recorded the flight, which was important in determining the location of its crash, and the media.

The Attorney General asks residents not to move unknown devices in the future, as this could be dangerous.

The Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, under the leadership of the Prosecutor General's Office, is investigating an incident in which an unmanned aircraft entered Lithuanian territory.

The incident, during which an unmanned aircraft, found at the Gaižiūnai training ground last Friday, flew into Lithuania, is being investigated as a separate episode in the pre-trial investigation into war crimes in Ukraine, controlled by prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office.

ELTA reminds that on July 28, the police reported an unidentified drone that had entered Lithuania from Belarus. The drone was found at a training ground in the Jonava district on August 1.

Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė initially said that the possibility cannot be ruled out that the object captured in Lithuania is a drone that accidentally strayed into Ukraine. According to the minister, there may be more such cases in the future.

After the incident, a discussion arose both in the public sphere and among political leaders about improving Lithuania's air defense infrastructure.

A similar incident was recorded on July 10. Then, a Gerbera drone flying from Belarus violated Lithuanian airspace. According to the services, the drone did not pose a threat. The Lithuanian military is conducting an investigation into the drone that violated airspace.