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Lithuania calls for more air defences along NATO's eastern border

FILE PHOTO: Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda adresses media in Vilnius, Lithuania, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

NATO should swiftly deploy more air defences on the Polish-Ukrainian border and the rest of the alliance's eastern flank, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Wednesday after Tuesday's missile strike that killed two people in Poland.

"NATO sky must be 100% defended... Lithuania will actively support deploying (NATO) air defences along the Polish-Ukrainian border," Nauseda told reporters, adding that this also applied to the rest of the eastern flank.

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