Residents in affected areas were urged to remain indoors and seek shelter.

Estonia said it shot down a drone over southern parts of the country for the first time, while neighboring Latvia issued a possible airspace threat warning amid reports of another…

An air alert in Vilnius was lifted shortly before 11:00 on Wednesday following an earlier drone sighting.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence has issued an air-raid warning in several parts of the country after a drone was detected in airspace near the border.

The airport in Lithuanian capital Vilnius was closed and an air raid warning was issued

Incident comes just a day after Nato had to shoot down a suspected stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia

Lithuania’s army urged residents in Vilnius to ‘take care of your close ones’ amid fears of drones violating the country’s airspace

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"Immediately seek shelter in a safe place, take care of your close ones, await new recommendations," a message sent to people in the country's capital read. #EuropeNews

The alert, which also applied to Lithuanian regions bordering Belarus, was lifted at around 11:00 am and people were told they could leave the shelters. #EuropeNews

Lithuanian officials instructed children in schools to take shelter after an unmanned vehicle was detected crossing the border with Belarus.

NATO jets have been scrambled to intercept a drone that flew over Lithuania's capital Vilnius, as the country's prime minister and president were rushed to a safe house.

Vilnius residents urged to take shelter during alert, after Nato and EU warn that Russia is diverting Ukraine’s drones

A drone violated Lithuanian airspace on Wednesday, the latest in a series of security incidents in the Baltic region.

Drone activity was recorded near the Belarusian border in eastern Lithuania, but the warning was later extended to the capital, Vilnius.

On Wednesday, Lithuania's Vilnius airport also temporarily shut down after the government announced a suspected drone threat over its airspace. #EuropeNews

Latvia’s armed forces said on Thursday that there is at least one drone flying in the country’s airspace, the latest in a series of such security incidents

Residents in affected areas were urged to remain indoors and seek shelter.

A NATO fighter jet shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over neighbouring Estonia

Ukraine has in recent months stepped up its long-range drone attacks on Russia , including via the Baltic Sea.

Latvia's military said NATO planes responded to at least one drone flying in its airspace. It's the latest in a string of such incidents in the Baltic, one of which eventually…