Lithuania lifts possible air threat alert in Vilnius County

A possible air threat alert in Vilnius County was lifted after an unidentified object was detected coming from the direction of Belarus, LRT reported, citing the National Crisis Management Centre.

The alert had been announced for Vilnius and Utena counties because of a drone threat. The centre said fighter jets from NATO’s air policing mission had been scrambled, but it was not confirmed that the object was a drone.

The article did not say whether the alert in Utena County had also been lifted.