Roula khalaf, editor of the ft, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter It says they have been sent by smugglers to fly in cigarettes. Lithuania has declared a state of emergency after hundreds of smuggler balloons from neighbouring belarus.
Hundreds of weather balloons sent to lithuania this year have disrupted flights and stirred alarm in a sabotage campaign against a nato state. The baltic state says the balloons, which have forced the closure of vilnius airport, constitute a hybrid attack by belarus “it’s clear that this emergency is being declared not only because of disruptions to civil aviation, but also due to national security concerns and the.
Officials say belarusian smugglers have been using weather balloons. Lithuania declares state of emergency over smuggler balloons from belarus move comes with concern rife that minsk, alongside ally russia, is engaged in hybrid warfare and testing nato defences.
