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Baltic & Eastern European Security Emergency

A red air raid warning was declared across central and northern Lithuania with Kaunas Airport closing, and Poland is investigating an unidentified object entering its airspace — two simultaneous NATO-adjacent security incidents.

What we know

An account on X reports a red air raid warning declared across central and northern Lithuania, with emergency measures activated and Kaunas Airport closed. Separately, the Polish army is investigating an unidentified object that entered Polish airspace (most-engaged geopolitical tweet in the feed). These incidents occur against the backdrop of continued Russia-North Korea military cooperation — another account on X notes Moscow-Pyongyang ties are set to outlast the Ukraine war — and the BoE's Governor Bailey walking out of an IMF meeting in protest at a Russian delegate. Latvia is calling for a visa ban on Russians.

Sources

@FT

“Latvia calls for visa ban on Russians”

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