Lithuania Told Residents to Go to Shelters After Detecting a Flying Object
Authorities said the object was likely a drone, and debris damaged a moving car as investigators examined the crash site.
- 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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This was the first serious incident since NATO fighters shot down a lost Russian drone on Lithuania on 15 September. On 14 August, a NATO fighter also shot down a lost Ukrainian drone on Latvia.
The Lithuanian authorities stated that a drone crashed in the north of the country on Sunday, after entering Lithuanian airspace and crashed into a car without causing injuries. Defence Minister Roberts Kaunas announced to journalists "according to preliminary information, the body is likely to have entered Lithuanian airspace from Poland." Warsaw reported that it did not monitor "the passage of the object found from Poland to Lithuania," accord…
A suspected drone crashed in northern Lithuania, believed to have entered Lithuanian airspace from neighboring Poland, causing damage to a car but no injuries, Lithuanian authorities said. Residents in several areas were urged to take shelter.
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