Lithuania protests to Moscow after Russian civil aircraft entered its airspace

VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had made a diplomatic protest to Russia after a Russian civilian aircraft entered its airspace without permission.

The Pobeda airline aircraft entered Lithuanian airspace over the Baltic sea for a minute on Sunday evening, on its way from Moscow Vnukovo airport to Kaliningrad airport, the ministry said.

(Reporting by Andrius Sytas in Vilnius, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)