7 incidents in Lithuania in the 28 days to Nov 2, 2026.
Background on the area: Suwałki Gap, Kaliningrad and Vilnius International Airport (EYVI).
By region
- Vilnius City and District - 11 incidents
- Šalčininkai District - 11 incidents
- Varėna District - 4 incidents
- Lazdijai District - 3 incidents
- Druskininkai Municipality - 3 incidents
All 47 incidents, newest first
- 🇱🇹 · Oct 29, 2026 · near Šumskas
Šumskas balloon, Oct 30 - 3,000 packs of cigarettes
Šumskas is 0.9 km from the Belarus border, but if the balloon flew at 3,000 m in the 26 hours before VSAT's announcement, the wind blew from the south-west to the west-north-west, so no line traced upwind at that height reaches Belarus within 20 km. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 24, 2026 · Kaunas Airport
Kaunas airport balloon closure, Oct 24 - 2 flights diverted
Kaunas Airport's restrictions ran 93 minutes, from 23:37 to 01:10, ending 20 minutes before the extended 01:30 deadline, while the 3,000 m wind rose from about 30 km/h in the early evening to 55 km/h from due south by midnight. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 24, 2026 · Juozapavičiai
Juozapavičiai balloons, Oct 24 - 33 km downwind
Guards first saw the balloons at Gerdašiai, 0.4 km from the Belarus border, and followed them to Juozapavičiai, 32.6 km away at a bearing of 4 degrees; the 3,000 m wind blew from the south that whole evening, so the track runs straight downwind and takes 40 to 70 minutes at the wind's speed. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 21, 2026 · Padotnuvys
Padotnuvys and Šakniai balloons, Oct 21 - two hit power lines
Padotnuvys lies 138 km from the Belarus border, deeper inland than any Lithuanian balloon pin in AirVeto's archive except the Šventoji coast, and the 3,000 m wind that morning covered the 154 km upwind path from the border in about three hours. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 18, 2026 · Juodžionys
Drone falls in Pasvalys district after red air alert, 18 Oct 2026
The army says the drone crossed the border at 06:02 and the first warning came at 06:45, 43 minutes later; ELTA's alert log and the NKVC head put it at 07:00, 58 minutes after the crossing. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 9, 2026 · Adutiškis
Two drones at Adutiškis and Šiulgiai, October 9-11, 2026
On Friday night, when VSAT says strong wind made the Adutiškis drone's course hard to read, AirVeto's model has the 80 m wind at 49 km/h, more than double the 23 km/h at the same hour the next night at the same model point. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 7, 2026 · Varėna
Lithuania balloon cargos, Oct 8 - nine, 55,490 packs
Over Varėna, the wind at every height from 80 m to 3 km came from the Belarus side in all 13 hourly readings between midnight and noon on October 8, and the seats of the four districts where cargoes were seized lie 17 to 127 km from the Belarus border. - 🇱🇹 · Oct 3, 2026 · Vilnius County and Ukmergė
Vilnius yellow air alert, 3 Oct 2026
Three sources give three cancellation times for the Vilnius alert, 10:30 (NKVC via 15min), 10:35 (the Vilnius phone notification) and 10:37 (LRT), a seven-minute spread. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 28, 2026 · Industrial area
Alytus balloon cargo, Sept 29 - 15,075 cigarette packs
On September 29, the day the cargo was found, the wind over Alytus came from Belarus at every height up to 1 km for most of the day (all 24 hours at 80 m, 14 at 1 km), from Russia's Kaliningrad region for 9 hours at 2 km, and from neither at 4 km to 7 km. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 27, 2026 · Tausiūnai
Tausiūnai drones, September 27, 2026 - 60th intercept of 2026
VSAT's 60th drone came 63 days after its 35th at Tausiūnai, about 12 drones a month against about five before, and AirVeto's archive now holds six drone events within 8 km of the village since July. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 21, 2026 · Vilnius International Airport
Vilnius airport balloon closure, Sept 22 - 20 flights hit
AirVeto has now reconstructed four Belarusian-balloon closures of Vilnius Airport in 2026, against the airport's own count of about ten disruptions from the threat this year. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 21, 2026 · Antaniškės village
Antaniškės drone, 22 Sep 2026 - cigarettes survive the fire
AirVeto's archive counts this as the 20th Lithuania drone crossing it has reconstructed in 2026, and the second the Gintaro Žagunio border post has landed within 7.7 km in six days. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 17, 2026 · Kybartai
Kaliningrad border jets, 17 Sep 2026 - alleged, unconfirmed
ANSA reports two Russian jets crossed into Lithuanian airspace near Kaliningrad on 17 Sep 2026; Italian Eurofighters scrambled from Šiauliai. Single-sourced; crossing point unconfirmed. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 16, 2026 · Keneliai
Smuggling drone found in a Pasvalys forest, months after crashing
A contraband drone was found crashed and overgrown with grass in a forest near Keneliai village, Pasvalys district, Lithuania, on September 16, 2026 - undetected for months. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 15, 2026 · Norviliškės village
Norviliškės drone, 16 Sep 2026 - 1,000 packs of cigarettes
VSAT jammed and landed a cargo drone near Norviliškės, Šalčininkai District, shortly after midnight on 16 Sep 2026, carrying 1,000 packs of Belarusian NZ Gold cigarettes worth €5,510. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 14, 2026 · Pratkūnai
Vilnius air alert: NATO jets down drone, Sep 15 2026
Lithuania issued a yellow-level air alert after a drone crossed from Belarus on September 15, 2026; NATO fighters destroyed it near Pratkūnai, Kaišiadorys District, and the all-clear came at 00:33. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 13, 2026 · Vilnius city
Lithuania air alert: radar mark was a bird flock, 13 Sep 2026
Lithuania's yellow-level air danger alert on 13 September 2026 was cancelled 29 minutes later; the radar mark was a bird flock, not a drone. - 🇱🇹 · Sep 5, 2026 · Daugidonys village
Daugidonys drone, September 6, 2026 - 55th intercept of 2026
VSAT downed a homemade drone from Belarus near Daugidonys, Šalčininkai district, on September 6, 2026. Cargo: 1,000 packs NZ Gold cigarettes, €5,510. The 55th drone interception of 2026. - 🇱🇹 · Aug 30, 2026 · Outside RSI Europe's offices
Vilnius drone maker RSI Europe, 30 Aug 2026 - wreath threat
Funeral wreaths and a photo of RSI Europe's chief executive, tied with a black mourning ribbon, were left outside the Vilnius drone maker's offices in late August 2026. - 🇱🇹 · Aug 4, 2026 · Latežeris village
Latežeris tunnel, August 4, 2026
VSAT's Kabeliai Border Post, with Polish tunnel-detection specialists, found a 4-meter unfinished tunnel near Latežeris, Druskininkai municipality - the third Varėna-district tunnel in weeks. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 30, 2026 · Kuodžiai village
Kuodžiai four-drone intercept, July 30, 2026
VSAT Kapčiamiestis Border Post downed four contraband drones near Kuodžiai village, Lazdijai district, in under 30 minutes on July 30, 2026. Cargo: 4,000 packs of cigarettes, €21,840. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 29, 2026 · Norviliškės village
Norviliškės three-drone intercept, Dieveniškės Loop
VSAT landed three contraband drones near Norviliškės, in the Belarus-surrounded Dieveniškės Loop, on the night of July 29, 2026. Cargo: 3,000 packs NZ Gold SuperSlims, €16,380. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 27, 2026 · Veismūnai village
Veismūnai balloon-cargo ambush, July 27-28, 2026
VSAT ambushed three men collecting a balloon-dropped cigarette cargo near Veismūnai, Alytus district, overnight July 27-28, 2026. 12,000 packs NZ Gold and Minsk Superslims, valued €65,500. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 26, 2026 · Tausiūnai village
Tausiūnai drone, July 26, 2026 - 35th intercept of 2026
VSAT Purvėnai post downed a fixed-wing drone near Tausiūnai, Šalčininkai district, on July 26, 2026. Cargo: 200 packs NZ Gold cigarettes, €1,092. The 35th drone interception of 2026. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 26, 2026 · Pertakas village
Pertakas tunnel, July 26, 2026 - intercepted before exit reached
VSAT found an 11m unfinished tunnel near Pertakas on July 26, 2026 and withheld an officer confrontation, a cover-up that led chief Rustamas Liubajevas to resign on 17 August. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 22, 2026 · Piesčiai village
Cross-border tunnel found near Kabeliai before completion
VSAT Kabeliai Border Post detected a Belarus-to-Lithuania tunnel near Piesčiai, Varėna district on July 22, 2026. Diameter 1m, depth 1.5m, 5m in, no Lithuanian exit. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 17, 2026 · Near Šumskų village
Kenas drone found by dog handler, 340 packs, July 18, 2026
VSAT officers at the Kenas outpost heard a drone cross from Belarus on July 17, 2026 but lost it in darkness. A dog handler found it next morning in forest near Šumskų village. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 12, 2026 · Daugidoniai village
Daugidoniai drone, July 12, 2026 - cigarettes from Belarus
Lithuanian border guards intercepted a contraband drone from Belarus near Daugidoniai village on Sunday, July 12, 2026, recovering 200 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes worth €1,102. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 9, 2026 · Prūdelis
Contraband drone from Belarus intercepted at Prūdelis
VSAT border guards at Prūdelis village used anti-drone equipment to take over a cigarette-smuggling drone from Belarus. After the control signal was overridden, the drone crashed to the ground. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 8, 2026 · Forest between Žaltūnai and Girdijauskai villages
Padvarioniai drones, July 9, 2026 - 2,000 cigarette packs seized
VSAT found both drones in the forest between Žaltūnai and Girdijauskai, 48.7 km north-east of Prūdelis, where it took over another drone the same day, so the two July 9 interceptions in Šalčininkai District were separate operations 48.7 km apart. - 🇱🇹 · Jul 7, 2026 · Druskininkai
Four contraband drones intercepted at Druskininkai in one night
Lithuanian border guards landing four smuggling drones at once carrying 5,000+ packs of Belarusian cigarettes - the largest simultaneous drone interception in VSAT operational history. - 🇱🇹 · Jun 21, 2026 · Dieveniškės Loop area
Dieveniškės Loop, 22 Jun 2026 - 3-meter fixed-wing from Belarus
Lithuanian border guards intercepted a 3-meter fixed-wing drone from Belarus near the Dieveniškės Loop, Šalčininkų district, on June 22, 2026, using counter-drone equipment. - 🇱🇹 · Jun 19, 2026 · International airspace
Baltic Sea, 20 Jun 2026 - third AN-30 sortie in three weeks
The Lithuanian defence ministry logged an AN-30 on 2, 10 and 20 June, three sorties in three weeks, and in none of the eight other weekly releases AirVeto read between May and September. - 🇱🇹 · Jun 13, 2026 · Nemenčinė
Balloon from Belarus triggers Vilnius alert, fighters scrambled
Lithuania issued a yellow-level air alert for Vilnius on June 13, 2026 after a meteorological balloon drifted from Belarus. All-clear after 23 minutes. - 🇱🇹 · Jun 10, 2026 · Puvočiai field base
Puvočiai balloon payload, Jun 2026 - students find cargo box
Vilnius University geography students discovered a contraband balloon payload at the Puvočiai field base in Varėna district during field practice in June 2026. - 🇱🇹 · Jun 7, 2026 · Vilnius International Airport
Balloon closes Vilnius airport, four flights diverted
Belarusian balloon markers closed Vilnius Airport from 01:18 to 04:00 EEST on June 8, 2026, disrupting five flights and 453 passengers; four aircraft were diverted, including two to Kaunas. - 🇱🇹 · May 21, 2026 · Utena district
Two drones vanish from radar over Utena, Lithuania
Lithuania's second air-danger alert in two days - radar tracked two objects toward Utena on May 21, 2026; NATO fighters were scrambled, but both signatures were lost. - 🇱🇹 · May 20, 2026 · Vilnius and northeastern Lithuania
Drone alert shuts Vilnius airport, president moved to shelter
An unidentified radar mark from Belarus triggered Lithuania's air-danger alert on May 20, 2026, closing Vilnius Airport and moving officials to shelter; lifted at 10:58 with no impact confirmed. - 🇱🇹 · May 19, 2026 · Trakai district
Smuggling balloons land near MP's home in Trakai, Lithuania
Trakai is about 46 km in a straight line from the nearest point on AirVeto's outline of the Belarusian border, about 80 minutes of drift at the 34 km/h flow from the south-southeast that AirVeto's wind data shows at 3,000 m that night. - 🇱🇹 · May 17, 2026 · Samanė village
Drone found radar-undetected in Samanė, Utena district
A destroyed drone was found near Samanė village, Utena district, on May 17, 2026; Lithuanian radars had not detected it in flight, and preliminary markings suggested Ukrainian origin. - 🇱🇹 · May 12, 2026 · Lauryno Ivinskio Street
Belarus balloon carries 9,000 cigarettes into Kaunas, Lithuania
A balloon carrying ~9,000 cigarette packs landed in Šančiai, Kaunas, on May 13, 2026; the ICON wind field shows a sustained flow pushing north from the Hrodna (Grodno) oblast of Belarus. - 🇱🇹 · May 7, 2026 · Šalčininkų district
Šalčininkų drone, May 7, 2026 - 17th intercept of 2026
VSAT brought down a contraband drone in Šalčininkų district, Lithuania, on May 7, 2026, recovering 850 packs of cigarettes worth €4,683 - the year's 17th interception. - 🇱🇹 · Apr 9, 2026 · Vilnius International Airport
Balloons close Vilnius airport for almost seven hours
Vilnius Airport (EYVI) was closed for almost seven hours on April 9–10, 2026 after suspected smuggling balloons entered approach airspace from the Belarusian direction. - 🇱🇹 · Mar 23, 2026 · Lake Lavysas
Ukrainian drone crashes into Lake Lavysas, Lithuania
A Ukrainian military drone crashed near Lake Lavysas, Varėna district, in the early hours of March 23, 2026. Radar missed it; the Prime Minister blamed Russian electronic warfare. - 🇱🇹 · Feb 6, 2026 · Druskininkai
Record seven balloon shipments intercepted in southern Lithuania
At 00:00 UTC on February 6, AirVeto's wind data has the 3,000 m air over Druskininkai moving north-northwest at about 19 km/h, the direction from the Belarusian border into Lithuania there. - 🇱🇹 · Jan 31, 2026 · Šventoji
Two smuggling balloons land on Šventoji coast, Lithuania
A twin-envelope balloon crossed Lithuania east to west at 1–3 km altitude on January 31, 2026, arriving over Šventoji on the Baltic coast at around 09:00 local time. - 🇱🇹 · Jan 28, 2026 · Vilnius International Airport
Eight smuggling balloons intercepted near Vilnius airport
Eight balloons entered Lithuanian airspace near Vilnius Airport at 03:00 UTC on January 28, 2026; four suspects were arrested. AirVeto's 7 km wind log shows ~71 km/h flow pushing NNW from Belarus.
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