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NATO counters suspected Russian drone incursions
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A Spanish fighter jet shot down a suspected Russian drone over Romania on Sunday, two days after NATO downed a similar drone over Latvia.
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- Brendan RuberryBy Brendan Ruberry
A Spanish fighter jet shot down a suspected Russian drone over Romania on Sunday, two days after NATO downed a similar drone over Latvia. Such incursions have become a “near-weekly occurrence,” The Wall Street Journal noted, as Russia and Ukraine escalate their air campaigns: Ukr…
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