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Lithuania has briefly closed its most important airport attributable to climate balloons within the sixth such incident this month.
Vilnius Airport confirmed it had been pressured to shut once more on Thursday as a result of balloons flying in its neighborhood.
Lithuania has stated the balloons are despatched by smugglers transporting contraband cigarettes, nevertheless it additionally blames Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, a detailed ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, for not stopping the apply.
“Based on preliminary info, the choice to limit the airspace was made attributable to a balloon (or balloons) flying within the route of Vilnius Airport,” the airport stated on Thursday.
Site visitors on the capital airport was suspended till 9.10pm GMT.
The Baltic nation has already closed its border crossings between Lithuania and Belarus for many travellers till the tip of November in response to the airspace disruptions, and has stated it plans to shoot down balloons.
Lukashenko stated on Tuesday that the Lithuanian border closure was a “loopy rip-off” and he accused the West of preventing a hybrid conflict in opposition to Belarus and Russia that was ushering in a brand new period of barbed-wire division.
