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BALTIC DRONE SCARE: After Latvian Government Collapse and NATO Jet Shooting Stray Ukrainian Drone Over Estonia, Now Lithuania Shuts Airport and Evacuate Government to Shelters

All Baltic nations blame Russia for the Ukrainian stray drones.

Another day, another drone scare disrupting life in the Baltic nations.

We have been reporting here on TGP about the daily events, as you can read in BALTIC DRONE SCARE: The Whole Latvian Government Collapses Over Stray Ukrainian Drone Strikes;

and BALTIC DRONE SCARE: NATO Fighter Jets Shoot Down a Stray Ukrainian Drone Over Estonian Airspace

Today, a drone attack (an ‘air danger’) alert was sent to citizens in Vilnius and in regions bordering Belarus.

Euronews reported:

“Residents of Lithuania’s capital Vilnius briefly fled to underground shelters on Wednesday as transport ground to a halt after the defense ministry sent a drone alert to mobile phones.

Such alerts have become increasingly common in recent months in the Baltic states as Ukraine steps up strikes against Russian targets in the Saint Petersburg region, close to Estonia and Finland.”

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NATO, Sweden, Latvia On High Alert After Baltic Undersea Data Cable “Damaged”

The third severing of an undersea cable in just three months occurred on Sunday, this time between Latvia and Sweden in the Baltic Sea. The incident has prompted a criminal investigation and heightened concerns of potential sabotage by Russia or China.

Latvia’s State Radio and Television Center, a data transmission provider, released this statement about the damaged cable connecting Ventspils in Latvia and Sweden’s Gotland island:

In the early morning of January 26, the submarine fiber optic cable of the Latvian State Radio and Television Centre (hereinafter – LVRTC) in the Baltic Sea was damaged. The LVRTC Data Transmission Monitoring System recorded disruptions in data transmission services on the Ventspils – Gotland (Fårösund) section. LVRTC continues to provide services using other data transmission routes. Currently, there is a possible delay in data transmission speed, but it does not affect end users in Latvia for the most part.

Prime Minister Evika Silina commented about the incident on X:

Early morning today we received information that the data cable from Latvia to Sweden was damaged in the Baltic Sea, in the section that is located in the Exclusive economic zone of Sweden. We are working together with our Swedish Allies and NATO on investigating the incident, including to patrolling the area, as well as inspecting the vessels that were in the area. Authorities have intensified information exchange and started criminal investigation.

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