Lithuania Orders Utena Shelter Alert as NATO Scrambles Jets Over 2 Drones

6 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 21

Utena residents were told to seek shelter after two unidentified drones crossed into Lithuanian airspace, prompting the military to activate warning sirens in the northeastern region.
NATO fighter jets were scrambled and positioned to shoot the drones down, President Gitanas Nauseda said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
The alert marks an immediate airspace security response in a Baltic NATO member, with Lithuania treating the incursion as serious enough to warn civilians directly.

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