{"id":32434598,"date":"2026-11-12T10:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/lithuania-drone-nato-fighters-miss-birzai-baltic-air-alerts-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:28:48","slug":"lithuania-drone-nato-fighters-miss-birzai-baltic-air-alerts-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/fr\/lithuania-drone-nato-fighters-miss-birzai-baltic-air-alerts-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania Drone: NATO Fighters Fire Twice and Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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A drone had crossed the border from Belarus and was flying north across the country. NATO fighters found it, closed in and fired. They missed.<\/p>\n\n<p>By morning, Lithuania&rsquo;s top officer had confirmed that air defence aircraft made two unsuccessful attempts to destroy the drone, and Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevi\u010dius said debris from a missile fired by a NATO fighter had been found near Bir\u017eai in the north of the country. The drone flew on into Latvia.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was the latest and perhaps the most uncomfortable in a run of drone incidents over the Baltic states this year, and it set off air-threat warnings in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and precautionary restrictions in Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>When:<\/strong> Night of Tuesday 10 to Wednesday 11 November 2026<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> Lithuania, then Latvia and Estonia; restrictions in Finland<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>What:<\/strong> One drone crossed Lithuania from Belarus, entering near Druskininkai and leaving near Pasvalys<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Interception:<\/strong> Two unsuccessful attempts by NATO air policing fighters; missile debris found near Bir\u017eai<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Not identified by officials; the detachment is led by Italian Typhoons at \u0160iauliai with Belgian F-16s (AeroTime)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Drones detected:<\/strong> Four in the region, plus dozens of radar tracks linked to balloons (Lithuanian PM)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Origin:<\/strong> Unconfirmed; Lithuania&rsquo;s defence minister said most likely Ukrainian and off course<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Airports:<\/strong> Vilnius and Kaunas closed during the night<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A night of alerts<\/h2>\n\n<p>The night began with balloons. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of Lithuania&rsquo;s National Crisis Management Centre, told LRT that around 21:30 on Tuesday 10 November the centre was warned of possible balloons that could disrupt air traffic, and Vilnius and then Kaunas airports were closed. According to Euronews, he said three flights and around 470 passengers were affected.<\/p>\n\n<p>At 22:47, Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas told LRT, Belarus passed a warning over a technical line that unidentified objects were flying towards Lithuania. A yellow alert went out for the Vilnius and Utena regions. Those objects turned towards Latvia and Russia without entering Lithuanian airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/belgian-f-16-baltic-air-policing-lithuania.jpg\" alt=\"A line of Belgian F-16 fighters with open canopies on the ramp during a Baltic Air Policing rotation in Lithuania\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Belgian F-16s on an earlier Baltic Air Policing rotation in Lithuania. Six Belgian F-16s are currently reinforcing the Italian-led detachment, according to AeroTime. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Baltic_Air_Policing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons, GFDL<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Then, after midnight, another drone did cross. Officials said it is believed to have entered from Belarus near Druskininkai in the south, may have briefly crossed into Poland, and then turned north through the Marijampol\u0117, Kaunas and Panev\u0117\u017eys regions before leaving Lithuania near Pasvalys. AeroTime, citing the national LT72 alert system, reported red alerts between 00:38 and 02:02, with all alerts lifted by 02:49.<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Two attempts, no kill<\/h2>\n\n<p>The fighters on duty belong to NATO&rsquo;s Baltic Air Policing mission. AeroTime reported that the mission is currently led by four <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/italian-air-force\/\">Italian Air Force<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/eurofighter-typhoon\/\">Eurofighter Typhoons<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/siauliai\/\">\u0160iauliai Air Base<\/a>, reinforced by six <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/belgian-air-force\/\">Belgian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16s<\/a>. Officials have not said which aircraft or which country fired.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;Flying north towards Panev\u0117\u017eys, air defence aircraft made two attempts to destroy this unmanned aerial vehicle. The attempts were unsuccessful due to various conditions.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Rear Admiral Giedrius Premeneckas<\/strong> &mdash; Chief of the Defence Staff, Lithuanian Armed Forces, 11 November 2026 (via LRT)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to AeroTime, Rear Admiral Giedrius Premeneckas, chief of the Lithuanian Defence Staff, said the jets identified the drone near Kaunas but could not engage it there because of the risk to civilians. Euronews reported that one missile missed and fell to the ground, and that in Latvia the air policing fighters could not get into position for a shot before the drone crossed into Estonia and on into Russia.<\/p>\n\n<p>Vitkauskas suggested two possible reasons for the misses. &ldquo;The fighter jets came quite close to making contact,&rdquo; he told LRT Radio, adding that it could have been due to poor weather, or that it may have been an area where shooting down a drone would have been unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jKyO5fruxLA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px\">LRT, Lithuania&rsquo;s public broadcaster, reports on the two failed attempts by NATO fighters to shoot down the drone (in Lithuanian).<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Whose drone?<\/h2>\n\n<p>That is still not settled. Defence Minister Kaunas told LRT the drones were most likely Ukrainian, aimed at the Russian port of Ust-Luga and other targets in Russia, and had drifted off course. Premeneckas was more cautious: Euronews reported him saying there was no confirmed information on the drone&rsquo;s type and that it was not yet possible to tell whether it was Ukrainian or Russian. Diversion by electronic warfare, he said, was one possibility but remained an assumption.<\/p>\n\n<p>The timing fits a large Ukrainian drone attack on northwestern Russia that night. AeroTime reported that the Leningrad region governor said a fire broke out in the Ust-Luga port area and three workers were injured. Officials in the Baltic states have not established any link between those strikes and the drones over their territory.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2120316553937793483&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:420px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Further north, Finland&rsquo;s Defence Forces set up a temporary airspace restriction area over the eastern Gulf of Finland at 02:09 and a maritime restriction at 02:15. In Latvia, the armed forces issued airspace threat warnings for Cesis, Smiltene and Gulbene after 03:00 and said drone interceptors, air defence units and NATO fighters had been activated. Estonia issued alerts for southern counties, and a military spokesperson told ERR that NATO fighters had been scrambled.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/italian-typhoon-over-siauliai-air-base-lithuania-2023.jpg\" alt=\"An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon flies above \u0160iauliai Air Base while a US F-35A taxis on the runway\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon flies over \u0160iauliai Air Base, Lithuania, in August 2023 as a US F-35A taxis below. Italian Typhoons lead the current air policing detachment at \u0160iauliai; officials have not said which aircraft fired on 11 November. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:AK23-6_kicks_off_in_Lithuania_(7983865).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons, public domain<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Not the first time<\/h2>\n\n<p>Lithuania has been here before. NATO jets shot down a drone over the country in September, and in October a suspected drone exploded in the north near Pasvalys after fighters were scrambled; it was later identified as a Ukrainian FP-1. In May, a Romanian F-16 on Baltic Air Policing duty shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;Unfortunately, as long as Russia&rsquo;s full-scale war against Ukraine continues, the incursion of combat drones into Lithuanian territory may happen again.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/strong> &mdash; President of Lithuania, on Facebook, 11 November 2026 (via Euronews)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sinkevi\u010dius said the night&rsquo;s events would be investigated thoroughly, and Lithuania is working with Poland, Latvia and Estonia to piece together what happened. For the air policing detachment, the question is simpler and harder: how to bring down a small drone at night over populated country before it slips across the next border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sources: LRT, Euronews, AeroTime, Finnish Defence Forces, Lithuanian National Crisis Management Centre<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<p class=\"mf-photo-credits\" data-no-translation style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin:6px 0 18px\">Header photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Italian_Air_Force,_MM7287,_Eurofighter_Typhoon_EF2000_(49569942318).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Zvereva \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What happened over Lithuania on the night of 10-11 November 2026?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A drone crossed into Lithuania from Belarus after midnight on 11 November 2026 and flew north across the country into Latvia. Red air alerts told residents to shelter, NATO air policing fighters made two unsuccessful attempts to shoot it down, and missile debris was later found near Bir\u017eai.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why did NATO fighters fail to shoot down the drone over Lithuania?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Lithuanian officials did not give a definitive reason. The Defence Staff chief said the attempts failed due to various conditions and that the jets could not engage near Kaunas because of the risk to civilians. The crisis centre head suggested poor weather or an unsafe area as possible factors.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Which NATO aircraft defend Lithuanian airspace?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">NATO&rsquo;s Baltic Air Policing mission defends Lithuanian airspace. According to AeroTime, it is currently led by four Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons at \u0160iauliai Air Base, reinforced by six Belgian F-16s. Officials have not said which aircraft fired at the drone on 11 November 2026.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Where did the drone over Lithuania come from?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The drone&rsquo;s origin is unconfirmed. Lithuania&rsquo;s defence minister said the drones were most likely Ukrainian, aimed at the Russian port of Ust-Luga and off course. The Defence Staff chief said it was not yet possible to tell whether the drone was Ukrainian or Russian.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Which countries issued drone alerts on 11 November 2026?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia all issued air-threat warnings overnight on 10-11 November 2026, and NATO fighters were scrambled. Finland&rsquo;s Defence Forces also set up temporary air and maritime restriction areas in the eastern Gulf of Finland as a precaution.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Has NATO shot down drones over the Baltic states before?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. NATO jets shot down a drone over Lithuania in September 2026, and in May 2026 a Romanian F-16 on Baltic Air Policing duty shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia. In October 2026 a suspected drone exploded near Pasvalys in northern Lithuania after fighters were scrambled.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What happened over Lithuania on the night of 10-11 November 2026?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"A drone crossed into Lithuania from Belarus after midnight on 11 November 2026 and flew north across the country into Latvia. 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