VILNIUS: Lithuania’s Vilnius airport suspended flights for a second time on Wednesday due to suspected balloons in its airspace, the operator said in a statement, the latest in a string of such incidents in recent months. Lithuania says balloons are sent by smugglers transporting cigarettes from Belarus, but also blames Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, for not stopping what it calls a form of “hybrid attack.” Lukashenko has accused the West of fighting a hybrid war against Belarus and Russia.

L'aeroporto di Vilnius ha sospeso nuovamente i voli dopo l'avvistamento di palloni aerostatici, secondo quanto riporta The Kyiv Independent sul suo canale Telegram . (ANSA)

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