# Lithuania tells residents to seek shelter after detecting flying object

https://mins.news/en/item/104967

- Reuters, 2026-10-18 09:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/lithuania-told-residents-go-shelters-after-detecting-flying-object-2026-10-18/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad48bc46dfdf200017e2c69

> Lithuania’s army and national crisis management centre said residents in central and northern areas were told to seek shelter for about an hour on Sunday morning after an unidentified flying object entered the country’s airspace.

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