Article 75RDQ Lithuanian leaders rushed to bunkers as drone violates country’s airspace

Lithuanian leaders rushed to bunkers as drone violates country’s airspace

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Jon Henley Europe correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#75RDQ)

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

Lithuania's president and prime minister were rushed to underground bunkers and residents of the capital, Vilnius, urged to take shelter during a warning issued after a drone violated the country's airspace.

Air and train traffic in and around the city was suspended after the mobile phone take shelter" alert, the first issued in an EU and Nato country since the start of Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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