Vilnius, May 20, 2026 (AFP) - Lithuanians briefly head to bunkers over drone alert

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2026-05-20

A drone alert sent by Lithuania's defence ministry to residents of the capital city Vilnius on Wednesday briefly brought transport to a standstill and caused people to flee to underground shelters. Alerts of this kind have been increasingly common in recent months in the Baltic states as a result of intensified Ukrainian strikes against Russian targets in the Saint Petersburg region, close to Estonia and Finland. But Wednesday's alarm was the fir......

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