VILNIUS, Lithuania — NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, in the alliance’s first reported destruction of a drone over the Baltic country. The aircraft was intercepted near Pratkūnai village in Kaišiadorys district, about 60 miles west of Vilnius and near the Kaunas Reservoir. Lithuanian soldiers secured the crash site, where authorities said they recovered wreckage. Lithuania’s military said the incident was the first time a drone had been shot down in the country’s airspace. Officials have not determined where the drone came from or what it was intended to do. Antanas Matutis, commander of Lithuania’s air force, said the drone was likely carrying explosives. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, who leads the country’s National Crisis Management Center, told Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT that the drone most likely entered from Belarus, a close Russian ally. It remained in Lithuanian airspace for about 30 minutes and traveled along the outskirts of populated areas before NATO aircraft intercepted it, Vitkauskas said. The incident came less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that strikes near alliance territory would lead NATO to strengthen its support for Ukraine. Speaking Monday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Rutte said Russia was becoming increasingly reckless in its war against Ukraine and accused President Vladimir Putin of seeking to spread fear. He also pledged to reinforce the 32-member alliance’s defenses along its eastern flank. Lithuania borders Belarus and lies next to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, placing it on one of NATO’s most sensitive frontiers. Drone incursions and attacks linked to the war in Ukraine have heightened security concerns across the region, including in countries that are members of the alliance but are not directly involved in the fighting. The downing occurred as Russian drone attacks continued across Ukraine. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said eight people were wounded in strikes on Kyiv Tuesday, including two people hurt at gas stations. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed 222 Ukrainian drones overnight. In the Russian city of Taganrog, regional Gov. Yuri Slyusar said a large Ukrainian drone attack caused fires and damaged apartment buildings, private homes, an educational institution, agricultural warehouses and a facility connected to the online retailer Ozon. The wider escalation followed a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to attack each other’s energy infrastructure. Trump provided no additional details, and Russia did not immediately confirm the reported understanding. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was prepared to support de-escalation if Russia demonstrated a genuine, long-term commitment to ending the war.