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Lithuania’s leaders take shelter during drone air alert

# Lithuania’s president and prime minister were forced to take shelter when a drone alert caused the capital of Vilnius to come to a standstill. The two leaders were taken to emergency shelters after the city’s population was ordered to take cover. An evacuation order was also issued at Parliament, with politicians and staff led down to a basement shelter. It was the latest in a series of drone incursions in NATO member states. Ukraine earlier accused Russia of electronically jamming drones to hit targets in Latvia and Estonia.