Air raid alerts in Lithuania's Panevėžys and Šiauliai counties on October 18, 2026

Air raid alerts were declared in Lithuania's Panevėžys and Šiauliai counties on the morning of Sunday, October 18, 2026, according to Delfi and Fontanka.ru. The Šiauliai and Panevėžys counties are located in northern Lithuania, bordering Latvia. Later, the National Crisis Management Center reported that flights to and from Kaunas Airport were suspended from 07:05 to 08:00 local time due to unidentified flying objects. Center head Vilmantas Vitkauskas told LRT radio that an air threat was detected, most likely a drone, with no immediate information on potential neutralization efforts.