Ukrainian Drones Enter Lithuanian Airspace, Triggering 1-Hour Shelter Alert

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 18

Lithuania told residents in central and northern areas to seek shelter for about 1 hour after an unidentified flying object entered its airspace on Sunday; Ukraine later said it may have been one of its drones.
Nato scrambled fighter jets and temporarily closed Kaunas airport, but crews could not visually identify the object in cloudy weather and did not try to shoot it down.
Ukraine apologized for the possible incursion, saying Russian electronic warfare may have diverted the drone and pledging to share information with Lithuanian authorities.
The incident came as Russia and Ukraine traded major strikes after Trump’s short-lived “energy ceasefire” collapsed, with Moscow saying it downed 1,015 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Cross-border drone diversions into Baltic Nato airspace have happened repeatedly in recent months, heightening fears the 4.5-year war could spill beyond Ukraine.