
UPDATE: Lithuania To Close Border with Belarus Temporarily
Vilnius has extended border restrictions with Belarus, following incidents involving suspected cigarette-smuggling balloons.

Vilnius has extended border restrictions with Belarus, following incidents involving suspected cigarette-smuggling balloons.

Weather balloons keep drifting into the Baltic state’s airspace, with a third known incident prompting the closure of its two largest airports.

Twenty member states warn that the inability to remove rejected or criminal Afghan asylum seekers is undermining public trust and putting European security at risk.

Disruptions to flights ensued when about 25 contraband-carrying weather balloons illegally entered Lithuania’s airspace, temporarily shutting down Vilnius airport.

The Baltic state’s defence minister has warned against “current threats.”

Lithuania urges the EU to launch an autumn “Plan B” to support Ukraine’s reforms.

The drills come just two days after nineteen drones violated Polish airspace.

Lithuania says that its people were returned from Belarus safely, praising the international efforts to help secure their freedom.

The girl’s family fled from Ukraine after their house was destroyed by Russian soldiers—only to lose a daughter in a senseless attack in ‘peaceful’ Germany.

“The barriers are only part of a larger, integrated picture,” said Lithuanian army commander Raimundas Vaiksnoras.