Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has vowed to stop the balloons from flying into Lithuania after pressure from the US. But experts tell Isabella Redmayne that they form a vital part of a wider campaign to destabilise the Baltic country
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Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has vowed to stop the balloons from flying into Lithuania after pressure from the US. But experts tell Isabella Redmayne that they form a vital part of a wider campaign to destabilise the Baltic country
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Lithuania has declared an emergency after the balloons started to cross the border.
VILNIUS: Lithuania’s Vilnius airport suspended flights for a second time on Wednesday due to suspected balloons in its airspace,…
Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene says the "hybrid attack" poses a real risk to national security and civil aviation.
PM blames Alexander Lukashenko for not stopping ‘hybrid attacks’, which closed Vilnius airport four times last week
Move comes with concern rife that Minsk, alongside ally Russia, is using hybrid warfare and testing NATO.
Lithuania says balloons disrupting air traffic are sent by smugglers transporting contraband cigarettes into the EU.
