{"id":211328,"date":"2026-11-11T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T08:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211328\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T08:01:35","slug":"air-raid-alerts-issued-in-lithuania-latvia-and-estonia-overnight","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211328\/","title":{"rendered":"Air raid alerts issued in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia issued air alerts overnight amid reports of unidentified flying objects approaching their airspace, <em>LRT<\/em> and <em>LSM<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania issued its first alert at around 11 p.m., but the suspected drone did not enter the country from Belarus and instead flew toward Latvia, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the Lithuanian National Crisis Management Center, said on an <em>LRT<\/em> radio show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another drone approached from the Hrodna region of Belarus in the direction of Druskininkai in southern Lithuania. It then crossed into Poland, returned to Lithuania and entered Latvia from the Pasvalys district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate incident, Vilnius and Kaunas airports suspended operations for about half an hour on the evening of November 10 after radar systems detected objects whose flight patterns were characteristic of weather balloons used by smugglers to transport cigarettes from Belarus to Lithuania. Such balloon overflights have contributed to political tensions between Minsk and Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia issued airspace warnings in ten municipalities: Ludza, Kr\u0101slava, Aug\u0161daugava, Balvi, Aizkraukle, J\u0113kabpils, Madona, C\u0113sis, Smiltene and Gulbene, <em>LSM<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Latvian National Armed Forces reported tracking three air targets, one flew to Estonia. The unidentified flying objects left the country&#8217;s airspace, the army said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian media reported that Ukrainian drones had attacked the Port of Ust-Luga in Russia&#8217;s Leningrad province overnight.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Drone entered Latvia from Belarus and left for Russia, Riga says<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 2, Pozirk. A drone entered the Latvian airspace from Belarus on Sunday evening before continuing into Russia, LSM reported, citing Seldzis Grasmanis of Latvia\u2019s National Armed Forces. Grasmanis said the object crossed into Latvia and entered its Kr\u0101slava district &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/210069\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 11, Pozirk. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia issued air alerts overnight amid reports of unidentified flying objects approaching their airspace, LRT and LSM reported. Lithuania issued its first alert at around 11 p.m., but the suspected drone did not enter the country from Belarus and instead flew toward Latvia, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the Lithuanian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":174372,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-211328","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Air raid alerts issued in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia overnight | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 11, Pozirk. 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