Lithuania's leaders take shelter during drone air alert

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globalscience5/20/2026

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Reports differ across sources; according to abcnews.com, residents of Lithuania's capital told to shelter amid drone alarm Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border VILNIUS, Lithuania -- 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 to Russia's war with Ukraine.

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