Lithuania says airspace incident was cause by weather balloon, not drone

Lithuania on ‌Saturday briefly warned residents in its capital of ​a potential military drone ​incursion into its airspace, ⁠but later said the ​alert had been triggered ​by a weather balloon.

The Baltic region remains on high alert ​after a series ​of recent airspace violations, in which ‌Ukrainian ⁠long-range drones missed targets in Russia and strayed into neighbouring nations.

Lithuania's National Crisis ​Management ​Centre ⁠said NATO aircraft were briefly summoned ​on Saturday to ​intercept ⁠the suspect drone, and visually identified it as ⁠a ​weather balloon.

- Reuters