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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lisa O’Carroll

Lithuania to give children drone training to counter Russia threat

A drone in flight
An interceptor drone in use by the Ukrainian military. Lithuania has been on high alert for war ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Children in Lithuania are to be taught how to build and operate drones as part of the small Baltic country’s efforts to build capacity to deal with any future threat from Russia.

In a joint initiative by the defence and education ministries, the government said on Tuesday it hoped to teach more than 22,000 people, including schoolchildren, drone skills as part of an attempt to “expand civil resistance training”.

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