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Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border.
Lithuanian lawmakers were forced to shelter underground on Wednesday and air traffic at Vilnius airport was temporarily suspended after a drone violated the country's airspace, the latest in a series of security incidents in the Baltic region.
The drone alert marked one of the most serious security incidents involving Baltic NATO members since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian drones have recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries.
Ukrainian drones have increasingly breached the airspace of NATO and European Union member states in the Baltics, raising serious questions about the alliance's eastern flank air defences. Recent months have seen drones crash into an Estonian power plant chimney,
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry declared a “yellow” alert on the morning of May 20 after a drone approached from Belarus — a level indicating an attack was considered likely, though not the highest, “red” level,
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Lithuanian president calls drone alarm an 'important lesson'
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has called Wednesday's air raid alert in Vilnius, triggered by an alleged drone threat, an "important lesson" for citizens and institutions in dealing with security risks.
NATO fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace on Wednesday from neighbouring Belarus, Lithuania's defence minister said