The decision was made “taking into account the situation of security and threats to society” – donated the Lithuanian Ministry of Communications, cited by the BNS agency.
The ministry pointed out that Maneuvers create a “risk for civil aviation resulting from the violation of the airspace by unmanned aircraft, as well as the need to create the necessary conditions for the implementation by Lithuanian armed forces of tasks specified by law during peace in response to such and similar violations of the airspace.”
The ban on a flight over part of the border zone is valid until October 1, and the period of restrictions may be extended “if the threat from unmanned aerial vehicles in Lithuanian airspace will not decrease”.
Incidents with drones from Belarus
In recent weeks there have been two cases of violations of Lithuanian airspace by drones from Belarus. At the beginning of July, the drone flew near the closed border control point in Szumsko, about a kilometer away from the border. A few weeks later in Gaiżiunai, in the central part of the country, an explosive was detected in a broken drone.
Belarusian-Russian exercises ZAPAD-2025 will take place on September 12-16. In the opinion of the deputy minister of defense of Lithuania, Tomas Godliauskasno more than 30,000 will participate in maneuvers. soldiers-6-8 thousand In Belarus, several thousand in the Królewiec region belonging to Russia, and remained in units in the depths of Russia.
