US EditionLithuania builds shelters as drones prowl border skies
- Lithuania, with a Russian-speaking minority, has anxiously watched the Ukraine conflict and fears being targeted next.
- The government said Lithuania has 6,453 shelters that can accommodate around 1.5 million people, but critics claim many exist only on paper.
- Lithuanian authorities have renewed interest in bomb shelters after drones from Belarus entered the country, and residents are taking preparedness courses.
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In order to prevent any Russian attack, Europeans set themselves in order to protect their skies or borders, but Russia's border countries are on the front line, like Lithuania, which multiplies bomb shelters.
Drone's incursions have dispelled fears about a large-scale Russian attack, and Lithuania is now encouraging the construction of anti-aircraft relief. Although not all communities have mobilized, some people have already begun to prepare such relief in the basement of an apartment block in Vilnius, reports France24, reading AFP.
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Lithuania builds shelters as drones prowl border skies
Recent drone sorties over Lithuania and its neighbours have sparked fears of a full-scale Russian attack, prompting the small Baltic country to encourage the building of bomb shelters.
Faced with the intrusions of Russian drones, the country is multiplying local and public initiatives to prepare its population for the worst.
Recent drone intrusions in Lithuania and neighboring states have fueled fears of a possible large-scale Russian attack, prompting Lithuanian authorities to promote the construction of bomb shelters, AFP reported on Thursday, according to News.ro.
Modern military conflicts have shown that drones have become one of the most important weapons. They can paralyze energy, transport, and communications infrastructure, pose a threat to people, and even destabilize state governance. The airspace violations detected in Lithuania and neighboring countries in recent months show that this is not a theoretical, but a real threat. Traditional weapons are no longer sufficient - modern anti-drone defense…
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