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Saturday 03 October 2026 11:00 BST
Lithuania’s Vilnius airport was closed and Nato jets were scrambled on Saturday after a suspected drone was reported to be flying into the country from Belarus, the country's National Crisis Management Centre said.
Authorities advised residents in the Vilnius region to be prepared to seek shelter if necessary, it said.
Earlier, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war to capture more territory in Ukraine.
Continued: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...utin-zelensky-kyiv-nato-strikes-b3060723.html
Lithuania’s Vilnius airport was closed and Nato jets were scrambled on Saturday after a suspected drone was reported to be flying into the country from Belarus, the country's National Crisis Management Centre said.
Authorities advised residents in the Vilnius region to be prepared to seek shelter if necessary, it said.
Earlier, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war to capture more territory in Ukraine.
Continued: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...utin-zelensky-kyiv-nato-strikes-b3060723.html