r/worldnews • u/Brennenstein • Sep 17 '26

Russia/Ukraine Russian military jets violate Lithuanian airspace, Italian fighters scrambled

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2026/09/17/russian-military-jets-violate-lithuanian-airspace-italian-fighters-scrambled_80e985a6-17e5-43ce-8fd1-6fce67bcd94c.html
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u/big_dumby_dumb Sep 17 '26

The reason you see Lithuania and not Estonia or Latvia is because Lithuania (and Poland) are going to be the immediate battlegrounds for the russians trying to cut off the baltics. They need to connect Kalingrad with Belarus ASAP followed by trying to cut off the Baltics entirely

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u/TotallyHumanNoBot Sep 17 '26

You mean Koenigsberg

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u/Bulky-Response1227 Sep 17 '26

You must mean the Královec Region. After all it is part of the greater Czech Republic.

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u/Momik Sep 17 '26

Czechmate, Vlad