Possible drone prompts red alerts across eight Lithuanian locations

Red air alerts were reported in Kaunas, Panevėžys and Druskininkai, as well as the districts of Prienai, Lazdijai, Kėdainiai, Pasvalys and Biržai, while residents received successive warnings over a possible drone overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday, LRT reported.

The Lithuanian Armed Forces and the National Crisis Management Centre advised people receiving a red alert to move immediately to a safe place or shelter, look after relatives and wait for further instructions. Authorities said they would announce separately when the danger had passed.

A shelter is intended to provide protection for a few hours during an air alert. Suitable places include rooms in residential or public buildings, underground car parks, garages, basements and tunnels. Shelters are marked with a yellow sign reading “Shelter”.

If no marked shelter is nearby, people can use a basement, an interior storage room, a windowless corridor or bathroom, or another place with at least two walls between them and the outside of the building. They should avoid windows, balconies, lifts, open spaces and the top floor of a building.

For a yellow warning, residents are advised to stay calm and identify a safe place or shelter. Anyone who sees a suspicious object should not approach it and should call 112. After a red alert, people are advised to remain in a shelter or safe place and await further messages.

The last red air alert over an object entering Lithuanian airspace was reported on October 18 in Panevėžys and Šiauliai counties. It was lifted about an hour later, LRT said.