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Lithuania Told Residents to Go to Shelters After Detecting a Flying Object

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and Kaunas airport closed as authorities investigated a possible drone threat, while Latvia briefly issued a similar warning.

  • On Sunday morning, Lithuania ordered residents in central and northern parts to take shelter for about an hour due to an unrecognized flying object, issuing a "red" air alert.
  • During the same period, Latvia issued and later cancelled a "yellow" air-raid alert in regions bordering Lithuania, citing a "possible threat," Latvia's army said.
  • NATO air-policing fighter jets scrambled to the area while the "red" alert was in effect, and officials closed Kaunas Airport until the situation resolved.
  • In recent months, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly entered NATO airspace in the Baltics, with Kyiv attributing course deviations to Russian signal jamming.
  • These repeated airspace incursions have increased international fears that Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine could extend beyond NATO's borders, heightening regional security concerns.
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An unidentified flying object has triggered a red code alert in Lithuania, while Poland checks a possible breach of airspace. NATO aircraft were sent to intervene. The Army and the National Crisis Management Centre requested, on Sunday morning, residents of central and northern Lithuania to shelter for a period of ...

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In Latvia and Lithuania, there was an alert about a threat in the airspace early Sunday morning. A suspected drone has crashed in the border areas. In Poland, a flying vehicle is also believed to have crashed.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Citizens of the central and northern parts of Lithuania were in shelters for about an hour this morning due to an unidentified flying object.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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Handelsblatt broke the news in Düsseldorf, Germany on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
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