Ukraine apologizes to Lithuania for drone incursion

The spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heorhij Tychyy, told the X website that the incident occurred during an operation aimed at "legal military targets" on Russian territory.

"We regret the incident that occurred this morning in Lithuanian airspace. It could have been the result of Russian electronic warfare that changed the flight direction of drones during operations against legitimate military targets in Russia," Tychyy wrote.

Ukrainian diplomacy noted that it apologizes for possible disruptions, risks and anxiety caused by the event.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman declared that the authorities in Kiev are ready to provide Lithuanian partners with all relevant information to clarify the full circumstances of the incident.

Alarm in Lithuania

On Sunday morning, Lithuania announced a red air alert in the central and northern parts of the country. Residents were asked to go to shelters and NATO fighters launched an operation. Kaunas airport was briefly closed. The alarm was canceled after several dozen minutes.

The Lithuanian army is investigating possible drone debris near the village of Jodańce in the north of the country, about 10 kilometers from the border with Latvia. The object had previously disappeared from radar.

Initially, the Lithuanian crisis management center, citing the military, reported that the object probably came from over Poland. However, the spokesman for the Polish Ministry of National Defense, Janusz Sejmej, told an RMF FM reporter that there is no indication that a drone flew from Poland to Lithuania.

Polish services are checking the suspected violation of Polish airspace by an unidentified object.

A yellow aviation alert was also announced in parts of the southern regions of Latvia, near the border with Lithuania. The local armed forces advised residents to stay in safe places in buildings and apply the two-wall rule. The alert was later canceled.