Lithuanian lawmakers were forced to take shelter underground after a drone violated the country's airspace on Wednesday, prompting temporary suspension of air traffic at Vilnius airport. The incident is part of a pattern of security breaches affecting the Baltic region.

During an event last week, organized in Vilnius, Finnish President Alexander Stubb made a direct assessment of the shift in the US's global strategy and warned that American foreign policy under President Donald Trump has moved from alliance-led diplomacy to unilateral projection of power.