Air raid alert declared in Lithuania after drone sighting: NATO begins patrols. VIDEO

An air raid alert has been declared in Lithuania after a drone was detected near the border.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense, Censor.NET reports.

A video has been published online showing students from a Vilnius school being evacuated to a safe place.

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The drone was likely moving from the direction of Belarus.

"NATO’s air policing operation over the Baltic region has begun," the country’s Defense Ministry said.

Earlier, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service published a statement accusing Ukraine of intending to launch combat drones from the Baltic states. Russia also threatened NATO member states with "fair retribution" and "strikes on decision-making centers in Latvia" if this happened.
Latvia denied Russia’s claims about "attacks from its territory".
At the same time, Estonian Defense Minister Pevkur said on 19 May that a drone had been shot down in the country’s airspace for the first time.