{"id":191713,"date":"2026-06-13T12:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191713\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:38:44","slug":"air-raid-alert-in-lithuanias-vilnius-county-near-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191713\/","title":{"rendered":"Air raid alert in Lithuania\u2019s Vilnius county near Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vozd_trev_litva_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vozd_trev_litva_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vozd_trev_litva_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vozd_trev_litva_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vozd_trev_litva_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vozd_trev_litva_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 13, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Lithuanian army has issued a yellow-level air raid alert for the Vilnius county at 10:30 am and lifted it some 20 minutes later, saying there was no air threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alert was prompted by a weather balloon, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Facebook later. The official did not specify any other details, but most likely it was a weather balloon frequently used by smugglers of Belarusian cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between Belarus and Lithuania over cigarette-smuggling balloons have been rising since last October, forcing Lithuanian authorities to briefly close the border on several occasions and suspend operations at Vilnius International Airport, located close to the Belarusian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Lithuanian authorities issued alerts and scrambled NATO fighter jets in response to suspected drone incursions.<\/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\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/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\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Air raid alert in Lithuania as NATO jets respond to another drone incursion<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. Lithuanian authorities have declared a red-level alert in the Utena district and the city of Visaginas in the northern part of the country due to a drone threat, Delfi reports, citing the National Crisis Management Center. NATO &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/188493\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 13, Pozirk. The Lithuanian army has issued a yellow-level air raid alert for the Vilnius county at 10:30 am and lifted it some 20 minutes later, saying there was no air threat. The alert was prompted by a weather balloon, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Facebook later. The official did not specify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":191703,"template":"","rubric":[30,15],"class_list":["post-191713","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Air raid alert in Lithuania\u2019s Vilnius county near Belarus border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 13, Pozirk. 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