The air alert was declared in Lithuania

Lithuania urged residents of the central and northern regions to take refuge in shelters because of an unknown flying object. This is reported by Reuters, citing the army and the national crisis center.

The Red Air Danger Warning lasted an hour. NATO air police fighters were called to the area, Kaunas airport was closed.

According to the Latvian army, neighboring Latvia also issued and then canceled a yellow warning in some regions bordering Lithuania.

In recent months, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly invaded NATO airspace in the Baltic region. Kiev said that they were knocked off course by Russian means of suppressing signals.

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