Threat to the airspace of the Baltic countries from Belarus, NATO fighter in flight

John

By John

NATO fighter jets were scrambled following the sighting of an object from Belarus headed towards the Baltic countries. Reuters reports this on its website, citing the Lithuanian National Center for Crisis Management. Lithuania had issued an air alert on Tuesday evening, and shortly afterwards Latvia also warned the population of the Ludza region, bordering Belarus, to seek refuge following a threat in the airspace. This was reported by the Latvian public service broadcaster, Lsm. The Latvian army announced that it had activated interceptor drones and air defense units. The alarm then returned at 00:35 local time, 23:35 in Italy