Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border.

The Lithuanian army said Wednesday morning that a drone was allegedly spotted near Lithuania's border with Belarus, prompting the activation of a NATO air policing mission. It was also reported that airspace was temporarily closed over Vilnius airport.

Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday and residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus,

The drone alert marked one of the most serious security incidents involving Baltic NATO members since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine

FILE - In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry the contraband into the European Union (State Border Guard ...

President Gitanas Nauseda's adviser Frederikas Jansonas confirmed that the president and his office staff had been sent into hiding. Analogous order was sounded in Lithuania's Seimas. Loudspeakers announced that due to the air threat,

Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas has confirmed that the drone which crashed and was found in the Utena District on the evening of 17 May belonged to Ukraine.