Planes grounded and ‘air danger’ alert issued after drone seen at European airport

Members of Lithuania’s parliament had to shelter in place (Picture: Reuters)

Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter, and Lithuania‘s president and prime minister were taken to safe locations after an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus went off.

The incident has underlined jitters in NATO’s eastern bloc over incursions related to Russia’s war with Ukraine.

An emergency announcement from the military told people in the Vilnius regi...