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Belarus-linked smuggling-balloon incursions into Lithuanian airspace

The worsening incursions of smuggling balloons from the Belarus border into Lithuanian airspace condemned by von der Leyen after speaking with Gitanas Nausėda.

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  1. Ursula von der Leyen
    Von der Leyen

    European Union

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

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

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    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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  2. Ursula von der Leyen
    Von der Leyen

    European Union

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    Von der Leyen condemns growing incursions of smuggling balloons into Lithuania as a hybrid attack

    Von der Leyen says she spoke with President Gitanas Nausėda and condemns incursions of smuggling balloons into Lithuania as a hybrid attack.

    Source excerpt

    I just spoke with President Gitanas Nausėda. The situation at the border with Belarus is worsening, with the growing incursions of smuggling balloons into Lithuania’s airspace. Such hybrid attack by the Lukashenka regime is completely unacceptable.

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