Alert declared in Lithuania's capital, president and prime minister in shelters
The airport in Lithuania's capital suspended flights today due to the threat of drones, the National Crisis Management Center announced.
TL;DR
- Vilnius airport suspended flights due to drone threats.
- Residents were urged to go to shelters.
- President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė were moved to safe locations.
- An evacuation order was issued in the Lithuanian parliament (Seimas).
- This is the first evacuation order in an EU member state since February 2022.
- The alert followed the discovery of drone activity in Belarus.
- A NATO fighter jet shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia the previous day.