Lithuanian National Radio and Television

Government officials in Lithuania are briefing EU allies after Italian fighter jets taking part in a separate NATO mission shot down a drone in the country's airspace overnight.

The drone may have strayed off course, Presidential Security Advisor Davidas Matelionis told Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT.

The country's defense minister, Robertas Kaunas, said the drone was downed near a pumped storage hydroelectric plant, part of Lithuania's critical infrastructure.

The country's Vilnius airport was forced to temporarily suspend its operations this morning after another, quote, unidentified object was reported in its vicinity, according to The Guardian.