Before the alert in eastern Latvia, the Latvian armed forces reported the intrusion of an unidentified object into national airspace, near the borders with Belarus and Russia. The authorities asked residents to remain indoors and not to approach any objects at low altitude, while the alert lasted approximately 30 minutes, until the army announced that the object had left the territory.
During the same regional period, Lithuania issued a red-level air alert and called on the population to take shelter after an unidentified flying object appeared, sending fighter jets from the NATO air-policing mission to carry out checks. Kaunas Airport was temporarily closed, and the incident was placed in the context of repeated drone incursions reported in the airspace of NATO states in the region.
Earlier, Vilnius also temporarily suspended airport operations following an alert concerning a possible drone from Belarus, and NATO mobilized aircraft for verification; subsequently, the alert was lifted and the airport was reopened after approximately one hour. In another episode, NATO aircraft shot down a drone that had entered Latvian airspace, with the authorities not specifying its origin.
