NATO Member to Start Shooting Down Menacing Contraband Balloons Out of Belarus
28th October 2025
The government announced Monday that it is closing the border with Belarus after repeat incursions into Lithuanian and European Union airspace of highly menacing smuggler balloons out of Belarus.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginien? announced, “Lithuania plans to close its border with Belarus in response to repeated incursions by balloons carrying contraband, but certain exemptions will apply.”