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Von der Leyen condemns helium smuggling balloons in Lithuania as a hybrid threat

EU — Democracy & Rule of Law

What was said

Von der Leyen condemns helium smuggling balloons in Lithuanian airspace as a hybrid threat and vows that Europe will not tolerate hybrid threat provocations.

Europe stands in full solidarity with Lithuania in the face of the persistent and incursions of helium smuggling balloons into its airspace. This is destabilisation. This is provocation. We call it by its name: a hybrid threat. We will not tolerate it.
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