Lithuania orders shelters after drone enters from Poland

Lithuania ordered residents in central and northern areas to seek shelter for about an hour on Sunday after an unidentified flying object entered its airspace, the army and crisis management center said. The object was likely a drone that crossed from Poland, according to Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas. NATO air police fighters were scrambled during the "red" alert, and Kaunas airport near Lithuania's second-largest city was temporarily closed. The aircraft could not visually identify the object due to cloudy weather and did not attempt to shoot it down, the center said. Army personnel investigated possible drone debris near Juodzionys village, with some debris striking a civilian vehicle. Latvia briefly issued a "yellow" air warning in regions bordering Lithuania, citing a possible threat. Ukrainian drones have repeatedly entered NATO airspace in the Baltic region recently, with Kyiv attributing the incidents to Russian signal jamming, raising concerns about spillover from Russia's war in Ukraine.