Lithuania announced on Thursday that it has closed its airspace along parts of its border with Belarus after two drone incursions in July, the defence ministry announced.
The measures, which have been in effect since 13 August but only officially announced on 21 August, aim to enhance security and control airspace violations.
An unarmed Gerbera-type drone used by Russia entered Lithuania from Belarus on July 10, prompting some Lithuanian officials to be taken to a bomb shelter.
A second Gerbera-type drone, armed with explosives, entered the country from Belarus on July 28 and crashed at a military training area after flying over parts of the country’s capital, Vilnius.
Thursday’s announcement follows a similar incident in Poland on Wednesday, when a Russian military drone flew in from Belarus and exploded in a field 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Warsaw.
