Lithuania identified a flock of birds as drones, and NATO fighter jets were scrambled.

The reporter learned on the 13th local time that Lithuania's radar mistakenly identified a flock of birds as a drone target that day, causing Vilnius Airport in Lithuania to briefly close and NATO forces to urgently scramble at least one fighter jet. Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center stated that during initial detection by the radar, the flight paths left by the flock of birds and a drone were similar. After a NATO fighter jet stationed in Lithuania took off to identify the target, the air alert was lifted, and the airport reopened shortly afterward.