Lithuania draws up plans to shut Belarus border crossings indefinitely after balloon incursions

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Lithuania draws up plans to shut Belarus border crossings indefinitely after balloon incursions  Lithuania's two border crossings with Belarus, at Medininkai and Šalčininkai, were both closed for several hours as a result of the balloon incidents.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/27/lithuania-draws-up-plans-to-shut-belarus-border-crossings-indefinitely-after-balloon-incur  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Lithuania drew up plans to close its border with Belarus indefinitely,

00:06the country's Prime Minister Inga Rygunjena said.

00:09It comes after flights at the capital's airport were repeatedly disrupted

00:14as a result of multiple balloon sightings used to smuggle in cigarettes.

00:18The balloons caused flight cancellations, diversions and delays.

00:22The country's border guard service decided overnight on Sunday

00:26to close the border for 24 hours.

00:29The restrictions will be extended until Wednesday,

00:32when the government is expected to decide whether to prolong the closure indefinitely.

00:37The third day will be the event of Vyriausybės.

00:41We are now ready to be ready to do the scene with Belarusian.

00:47We are ready to do the same with Belarusian.

00:50It means that the diplomat, the diplomat, will be able to do it.

00:54We and the European Union will be able to protect us from Belarusians.

01:00Answering a question during a media briefing,

01:03the European Commission said they were in contact with local authorities.

01:07In this case, as in all of the previous cases of drones, for example,

01:12there have been several across the EU and EU airports.

01:15We are in close contact with the national authorities in this case, as well as EASA.

01:21Rygunjena has referred to the incursions as, quote,

01:24hybrid attacks and floated the possibility of the country invoking NATO Article 4.

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