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0:03	Report by| Lara Babalola
1:28	Inga Ruginiene | Lithuanian Prime Minister
2:02	Mark Rutte | NATO Secretary General

((info: NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Sweden as the alliance's eastern-most region is being rattled by drone incursions. Latvia issued another drone alert today after detecting at least one flying in its territory - and NATO jets shot down a drone in Estonia on Tuesday. Ukraine is AIMING the long-range drones at Russia but accuses Moscow of taking control of them and redirecting them at Baltic countries.))

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Lithuanian lawmakers head to a bunker during an air raid alert. 

The defense ministry warned people across the capital Vilnius to take cover when a suspected drone breached the airspace. 

00:14
((people in shelter VYGINTAS SKARAITIS/LRYTAS))
It's the first major alert in a NATO and EU member state since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

00:21
((PEOPLE SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN SHELTER RWNE_20260520_2198)) ((Valdas Jankauskas))
One group improvised when their birthday celebration was interrupted. 

00:27
ATMO happy birthday

00:33
Still the alert was met with mixed reactions:

00:37
+++VOX english
"It was terrifying. We were unprepared and we didn't know what we should do."

43"
+++VOX english
"So I was at home taking shower when I got the alert message. Honestly, I didn't get scared."

50"
The airspace over Vilnius airport was temporarily closed while authorities searched for the drone.

1'00
+++KARTE REIN+++
It's the latest in a series of such incursions in Baltic and Nordic countries. A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Estonia on Tuesday and a drone hit a fuel storage depot in Latvia last week. Ukraine and some Baltic officials accuse Russia of jamming or redirecting drones fired by Ukraine.  

1'22
Lithuania's Prime Minister has issued this warning: 

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+++SOUNDBITE (Lithuanian) Inga Ruginiene, Lithuanian Prime Minister: 
"We live next to a war in which rapidly evolving technologies, UAVs, and electronic warfare measures are being used. This is the new reality to which the state must adapt quickly and responsibly. War is closer than ever before."

1'44
Ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Sweden, the alliance's chief vowed a devastating response to any attack and said Ukraine is not to blame for the stray drones: 

1'59
+++SOT Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General
"Ukrainian drones are there not because Ukraine wants to work with drones, they are there because of the full-scale Russian attack against Ukraine and Ukraine having to defend itself. And NATO is always prepared for every eventuality. And what happened over the last couple of days, again, is what we trained and prepared for. And this is a calm, decisive and proportionate response to any threat.”

2'26
More than a dozen NATO states have called for an urgent strengthening of air and missile defenses on the alliance's eastern flank.

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