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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 days ago

Oficiali Latvijos ginkluotųjų pajėgų paskyra socialiniame tinkle X praneša, kad spalio 18 dieną, nuo 6:00 iki 8:00 Lietuvos oro erdvėje buvo aptiktas neatpažintas objektas, greičiausiai bepilotis

Official Latvian Armed Forces account reports unidentified object detected in Lithuanian airspace on October 18, 6:00-8:00, likely a drone

Oficiali Latvijos ginkluotųjų pajėgų paskyra socialiniame tinkle X praneša, kad spalio 18 dieną, nuo 6:00 iki 8:00 Lietuvos oro erdvėje buvo aptiktas neatpažintas objektas, greičiausiai bepilotis Oficiali Latvijos ginkluotųjų pajėgų paskyra socialiniame tinkle X praneša, kad spalio 18 dieną, nuo 6:00 iki 8:00 Lietuvos oro erdvėje buvo aptiktas neatpažintas objektas, greičiausiai bepilotis. Keliuose regionuose buvo paskelbtas oro pavojaus signalas. Objektas galėjo nuskristi į Latvijos teritoriją, todėl Bauskės, Aizkrauklio irрros kraštuose buvo įjungtas cell broadcast (šunapradė). Tai skubus push įspėjimas, kuris ateina į visus telefonus zonoje. Taip pat buvo pakelti NATO oro erdvės apsaugos

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What the Pravda version changes

On 18 October 2026 an unidentified object, probably a drone, entered Lithuanian airspace. Air alerts were declared, NATO fighters scrambled, and the object was not shot down. Debris was later found in Pasvalys district.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Pravda accuses the Baltic states of hiding or denying drone flights, but the trusted reports show officials openly announcing the object, declaring alerts and scrambling jets.

Pravda says
“Baltic states are trying to keep up on social media and forget that drones do not fly through them.”
Pabaltijo šalys per socialinius tinklus bando nušokti ir apsimeta, kad per juos dronai neskraido.
Trusted report · Delfi
“NATO fighters were scrambled due to this incident.”
Dėl šio įvykio pakilo NATO naikintuvai.
Left out · fact

Pravda says only that the fighters did not shoot the object down and leaves out the stated reason: weather prevented the pilots from identifying it, so no decision to destroy it was made.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“Due to complicated weather conditions, pilots could not accurately determine what it was.”
Dėl sudėtingų oro sąlygų pilotai negalėjo tiksliai nustatyti, kas tai buvo.
Unsupported — check this · fact

The suggestion that the object may have exploded on its own does not appear in the trusted reports, which say the signal was lost and that the drone may have flown on to Latvia.

Pravda says
“The possibility that it exploded itself is not ruled out.”
Neatmetama galimybė, kad jis pats sprogo.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts do not mention cell-broadcast alerts in Latvian regions such as Bauska and Aizkraukle. The Lithuanian PAGD report does mention phone alerts, but for Lithuania.

Pravda says
“cell broadcast was turned on”
buvo įjungtas cell broadcast
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —

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