{"id":180666,"date":"2026-03-24T06:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:57:29","slug":"lithuanian-pm-calls-urgent-security-meeting-after-drone-explosion-near-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180666\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian PM calls urgent security meeting after drone explosion near Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1121\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dron-litva-varena-20260323.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dron-litva-varena-20260323.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dron-litva-varena-20260323-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dron-litva-varena-20260323-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dron-litva-varena-20260323-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dron-litva-varena-20260323-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        The explosion captured by a CCTV camera.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(LRT footage\/Pozirk&#039;s still)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A drone carrying explosives detonated in Lithuania\u2019s Var\u0117na\u00a0district bordering Belarus at 3:04 a.m. on March 23, <em>LRT<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drone fell on a frozen lake; no one was injured. Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117 has called an urgent meeting of the National Security Commission for March 24 to discuss the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zelenski-ivaschenko-gur-20260323-OFFICE-ZELENSKY-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zelenski-ivaschenko-gur-20260323-OFFICE-ZELENSKY-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zelenski-ivaschenko-gur-20260323-OFFICE-ZELENSKY-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zelenski-ivaschenko-gur-20260323-OFFICE-ZELENSKY-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zelenski-ivaschenko-gur-20260323-OFFICE-ZELENSKY-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zelenski-ivaschenko-gur-20260323-OFFICE-ZELENSKY.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Russia set to deploy four drone control stations in Belarus, Zelensky says<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 23, Pozirk. Russia plans to deploy four ground-based long-range drone control stations in Belarus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his official Telegram channel on March 23 after meeting with Oleh Ivashchenko, chief of Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service. Such &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180648\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 24, Pozirk. A drone carrying explosives detonated in Lithuania\u2019s Var\u0117na\u00a0district bordering Belarus at 3:04 a.m. on March 23, LRT reported. The drone fell on a frozen lake; no one was injured. Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117 has called an urgent meeting of the National Security Commission for March 24 to discuss the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":180654,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-180666","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian PM calls urgent security meeting after drone explosion near Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 24, Pozirk. A drone carrying explosives detonated in Lithuania\u2019s Var\u0117na\u00a0district bordering Belarus at 3:04 a.m. on March 23, LRT reported. 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