
Lithuania closed Vilnius airport and NATO deployed a fighter jet in response to a possible drone sighting in Lithuanian airspace, the National Crisis Management Center said.
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NATO maintains air policing missions in the Baltic.
Lithuania closed Vilnius airport this Sunday (13) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deployed at least one fighter jet in response to a possible sighting of a drone in Lithuanian airspace, the military alliance's National Crisis Management Center reported.
A fighter jet was deployed from Siauliai in northern Lithuania, the center said, where the Italian air force is currently based as part of NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission.
The Vilnius Marathon, which was taking place in the capital, has not been interrupted, organizers told Reuters.

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