立陶宛稱，波羅的海三國尋求歐盟支援反制無人機

維爾紐斯，9月23日（路透社）——立陶宛國防部長考那斯（Robertas Kaunas）週三在給路透社的聲明中表示，立陶宛、拉脫維亞與愛沙尼亞已共同要求歐盟執委會提供額外歐盟財政支援，以強化反制無人機能力。VILNIUS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have jointly asked the European Commission for additional financial support from the EU for drone fighting capabilities, Lithuania's Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said in a statement to Reuters on Wednesday.

隨著烏克蘭加強對俄羅斯發動遠程無人機攻擊，部分無人機已進入波羅的海地區空域，引發外界擔憂莫斯科與基輔之間的戰爭正越過北約邊界蔓延。With Ukraine stepping up long-range drone attacks on Russia, some of the drones have entered airspace in the Baltic region, stoking concerns that the war between Moscow and Kyiv is spilling over NATO's borders.

考那斯並未說明三國要求多少資金。Kaunas did not say how much money the countries had asked for.

芬蘭《Iltalehti》日報報導，這三個波羅的海國家要求5億歐元（5億6945萬美元）。Finnish daily Iltalehti reported that the three Baltic nations had asked for €500 million ($569.45 million).

考那斯表示：「我們正在研究共同採購相關能力，並優先考慮歐洲國防工業。這將同時強化我們的韌性與歐洲的產業合作。」"We are looking into procuring the capabilities jointly, with preference for the European defence industry. This strengthens both our resilience and the industry cooperation in Europe", Kaunas said.

（1美元 = 0.8780歐元）($1 = 0.8780 euros)

（安德留斯・西塔斯報導，露易絲・拉斯穆森撰稿，泰耶・索爾斯維克編輯）(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, writing by Louise Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)