Lithuania Issues Alert in Vilnius After Suspected Military Drone Sighting

An alert was sounded in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, after what authorities described as a “suspected military drone” was detected in the country's airspace. The information was announced by Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre, known as NKVC.

According to the centre, NATO fighter jets were scrambled toward the capital after the drone was identified. No further details were given in the brief statement about the drone's origin, its route, or whether it posed a direct threat.

The report indicates that Lithuanian authorities treated the incident as a potential airspace security event and responded with a military alert. The statement did not say what happened next, whether the aircraft found the drone, or whether the alert remained in effect.