Gitanas Nauseda (President, Lithuania) said the new U.S. rotation is 'already on its way' to the Baltic NATO member, which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
- Mindaugas Sinkevičius (Prime Minister, Lithuania) told the BBC that Vilnius drafted evacuation plans to move elderly residents out of cities, but pledged the country will 'fight back' rather than surrender.
- NATO fighter pilots shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace one week ago that entered from the direction of Belarus, drawing no comment from Moscow.