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Latvia, Lithuania warn of threat in airspace near Belarus

Reuters

VILNIUS, Nov ‌10 (Reuters) - People in Latvia's ​Ludza ‌region along the ‌Belarus border were told ‌to take shelter because of an airspace threat, the ⁠Latvian army ‌said on ⁠Tuesday.

NATO fighters on ​the Baltic air defence mission ​have been ​scrambled ‌in response to ​an object ⁠in Belarus ‌flying towards the ​Baltics, ​Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre said in a ‌separate statement.

(Reporting by Andrius ‌Sytas and ​Janis Laizans, writing by Stine Jacobsen, editing ‌by Terje Solsvik)