{"id":161567,"date":"2025-10-25T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161567\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuania-lodges-second-complaint-with-belarus-over-airspace-violations","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161567\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania lodges second complaint with Belarus over airspace violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid_litva_tv3_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid_litva_tv3_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid_litva_tv3_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid_litva_tv3_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid_litva_tv3_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid_litva_tv3_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(tv3.lt)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 25, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Vilnius has handed a note of protest to the Belarusian charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires in connection with the second violation of Lithuanian airspace by weather balloons launched from Belarus this week, the Lithuanian foreign ministry&#8217;s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident, not the first of its kind, constitutes a serious breach of international law, the ministry said, urging Minsk to provide immediate and detailed explanations through established diplomatic channels and to take steps to prevent similar violations in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius regards these incidents as deliberate provocation and an escalation of tensions, it stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balloon incursions carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus this week prompted Vilnius to temporarily close its border over security concerns.\u00a0Lithuania is also ready to close the border for an extended period if the launches of unauthorized weather balloons continue, said Deividas Matulionis, the Lithuanian president\u2019s chief national security advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117 pledged to respond harshly and immediately to any \u201chostile actions,\u201d including the free movement of smuggled goods from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2025, some 80 percent of smuggled cigarettes have reportedly arrived in Lithuania from Belarus by weather balloons or drones. Lithuania authorities seized more than 1.1 million packs of cigarettes delivered by air, including 800,000 packs delivered by balloons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/punkt_propuska_litva_sogg_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/punkt_propuska_litva_sogg_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/punkt_propuska_litva_sogg_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/punkt_propuska_litva_sogg_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/punkt_propuska_litva_sogg_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/punkt_propuska_litva_sogg_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania restores border traffic with Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 25, Pozirk. Lithuania has resumed processing traffic at its border with Belarus today at noon, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports. Yesterday, the State Border Guard Service head Rustamas Liubajevas decided to suspend the operation of the Medininkai &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/161549\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, Pozirk. Vilnius has handed a note of protest to the Belarusian charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires in connection with the second violation of Lithuanian airspace by weather balloons launched from Belarus this week, the Lithuanian foreign ministry&#8217;s press office reports. 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