Lithuania’s top leadership was temporarily taken to a shelter amid concerns over a potential drone threat.


President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene, and Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas were reportedly forced to move to a bunker following the alert, Delfi reports.


Earlier on May 20, NATO fighter jets were deployed across the airspace of the Baltic states as part of a regional patrol operation. The heightened security response followed the detection of a radar signal near Lithuania’s border, with characteristics consistent with a drone.


Authorities have not yet provided additional details regarding the origin or nature of the signal.


By Vafa Guliyeva