During the September 9–10 overnight attacks linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, several Russian drones breached Polish airspace and were intercepted. Belarus later claimed to have alerted Poland and Lithuania of these potential dangers using a hotline maintained with Lithuania despite strained bilateral relations. Lithuanian Deputy Defence Minister Karolis Aleksa and Chief of Defence Raimundas Vaikšnoras said contacts through this hotline continue but declined to comment on the intelligence value of Belarus's warnings. NATO Baltic air policing jets scrambled multiple times to investigate unidentified aerial objects over Lithuania during these dates, but the detections remained inconclusive with alternative explanations offered, such as meteorological phenomena or birds. Lithuanian lawmakers convened in a closed session to examine whether drones had crossed into Lithuanian airspace, critiquing Defence Minister Šakalienė for absence. The episode underscores ongoing regional security tensions linked to Russian hybrid warfare tactics involving drone incursions and information exchanges with Belarus.

During the September 9–10 overnight attacks linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, several Russian drones breached Polish airspace and were intercepted. Belarus later claimed to have alerted Poland and Lithuania of these potential dangers using a hotline maintained with Lithuania despite strained bilateral relations. Lithuanian Deputy Defence Minister Karolis Aleksa and Chief of Defence Raimundas Vaikšnoras said contacts through this hotline continue but declined to comment on the intelligence value of Belarus's warnings. NATO Baltic air policing jets scrambled multiple times to investigate unidentified aerial objects over Lithuania during these dates, but the detections remained inconclusive with alternative explanations offered, such as meteorological phenomena or birds. Lithuanian lawmakers convened in a closed session to examine whether drones had crossed into Lithuanian airspace, critiquing Defence Minister Šakalienė for absence. The episode underscores ongoing regional security tensions linked to Russian hybrid warfare tactics involving drone incursions and information exchanges with Belarus.