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French warplanes scrambled to Russian aircraft in Baltics 11 times in just one week
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French NATO jet shoots down drone over Latvia as another explodes in Moldova
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Baltic states fear Russia-Ukraine war spillover after drone incursions
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‘Much better defence’ required to avert Russian drones, former Romanian NATO official tells Euronews
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