The phone shows a received message from the Lithuanian military, warning residents to cover or a safe place without delay due to an air danger near their border with Belarus. Lithuania's president and prime minister were also taken to safe locations.
The phone shows the received message"The Lithuanian military reports:"AIR DANGER. Hurry to cover or a safe place without delay, take care of your loved ones, wait for further recommendations.
We will inform you about the end of the danger in a separate message", in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. We will inform you about the end of the danger in a separate message", in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
We will inform you about the end of the danger in a separate message", in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
– Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter and Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations on Wednesday because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO's eastern fringe over incursions related toAn emergency announcement from the military told people in the Vilnius region to “immediately head to a shelter or a safe place. ” The alert, which lasted for about an hour, also led to the closure of the airspace over Vilnius Airport.
President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene were taken to shelters, and there was also an evacuation order at Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, the BNS news agency reported. It was the first major alert that sent residents and political leaders in a European Union and NATO capital rushing to shelters since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Lithuania, a member of NATO and the European Union, borders Russia-allied Belarus to the east and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave to the west. Wednesday's alert came after the military said it detected drone activity in Belarus, but no drones were sighted over Lithuania.have crossed or come down in NATO territory on numerous occasions. Western officials have blamed what they say is likely Russian electronic jamming of the drones.
Russia, meanwhile, has renewed threats that it would retaliate if Ukrainian drones are launched from Baltic countries or if those countries are complicit in their use against Russia. On Tuesday evening, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys wrote on social media that “Russia is deliberately redirecting Ukrainian drones into Baltic airspace while waging smear campaigns” against Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
“It’s a transparent act of desperation — an attempt to sow chaos and distract from a simple reality: is hitting Russian military machine hard. ”over southern Estonia. Ukraine apologized for that “unintended incident,” without specifying what had happened.following an argument over the handling of multiple incidents involving stray drones suspected to be from Ukraine. The defense minister was forced to quit after his party withdrew its support for him, and the prime minister then resigned.
The governing coalition had been under strain for months over several other issues. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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