VILNIUS, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania's Armed Forces said on Thursday that a Russian fighter jet and a refueling aircraft briefly violated the country's airspace near the southwestern town of Kybartai, which borders Russia's Kaliningrad exclave.

In response to the incident, two Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets, currently serving under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission, were scrambled and flew to the area of the violation.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene called the alleged violation a serious breach of international law. ■