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Kaunas on the Drone that Flew in on Sunday Morning: "Questions Arise"

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After it emerged that the yellow weather alert that lasted about 40 minutes on Sunday was issued due to a flock of birds, Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas praised the response to the potential threat, but said he had questions about why there was no response early this morning when radars detected an unidentified object crossing the country's border.

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After it emerged that the yellow weather alert that lasted about 40 minutes on Sunday was issued due to a flock of birds, Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas praised the response to the potential threat, but said he had questions about why there was no response early this morning when radars detected an unidentified object crossing the country's border.

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After it emerged that the yellow weather alert that lasted about 40 minutes on Sunday was issued due to a flock of birds, Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas praised the response to the potential threat, but said he had questions about why there was no response early this morning when radars detected an unidentified object crossing the country's border.

"The response (to the yellow status air threat - ELTA) was appropriate - it is better to react preventively and make sure that the threat was not real. People were warned, the level of alertness was appropriate. However, I have questions about the incident that occurred this morning, when at 4 a.m. a flying object was also identified by radar in Lithuania, but neither people were informed nor fighter jets were scrambled," R. Kaunas told LRT radi…

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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National Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas believes that the authorities responded appropriately to the yellow weather alert on Sunday. However, the minister questions why people were not informed about the early morning incident, when an unidentified object flew into Lithuanian airspace. “The response (to the yellow status weather alert – ELTA) was appropriate – it is better to react preventively and make sure that the threat was not real. Peop…

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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15min.lt broke the news on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
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