{"id":160496,"date":"2025-10-17T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160496\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-designates-26-restricted-airspace-areas","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160496\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania designates 26 airspace areas for potential flight restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuania has designated 26 areas for potential flight restrictions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delfi.lt\/ru\/news\/live\/litva-usilivaet-kontrol-nad-nebom-vvedeny-zony-ogranicheniya-polyotov-120162398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> Juras Taminskas, the Baltic country\u2019s minister of transport and communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights in these areas will be limited if urgent military action is needed to stop drones from violating Lithuania\u2019s airspace, <em>Delfi <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, Lithuania closed airspace along part of the Belarusian border through October 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 2, the Lithuanian defense ministry extended the airspace closure until December 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measure followed airspace violations by unmanned aerial vehicles. On July 10 and July 28, Russian drones made incursions into Lithuania from Belarus.<\/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\/01\/litva_freepik-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/litva_freepik-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/litva_freepik-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/litva_freepik-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/litva_freepik-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/litva_freepik.jpg 1060w\" 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\">Lithuania extends border flight restrictions until December 1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 2, Pozirk. Lithuania has extended restrictions on flights along the border until December 1, BNS reported, citing the Baltic country\u2019s defense ministry. The measure will remain in effect until new legislation allows the Armed Forces commander to close air &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/158246\">\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>October 17, Pozirk. Lithuania has designated 26 areas for potential flight restrictions, said Juras Taminskas, the Baltic country\u2019s minister of transport and communications. Flights in these areas will be limited if urgent military action is needed to stop drones from violating Lithuania\u2019s airspace, Delfi reported. In August, Lithuania closed airspace along part of the Belarusian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":121682,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-160496","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>Lithuania designates 26 airspace areas for potential flight restrictions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 17, Pozirk. 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