Lithuania’s prime minister says her country has drawn up plans to shut its border crossings with Belarus indefinitely, with some exemptions

"Contraband" balloons launched from Belarus have disrupted air traffic four times in the last week. Lithuania has closed border crossings with Belarus for "an indefinite period" in response.

Lithuania accuses Belarus and Russia of a "deliberate escalation of hybrid warfare" as balloons shut down major airport.

Lithuania’s Vilnius and Kaunas airports were shut three times over the weekend after contraband weather balloons from Belarus entered the country’s airspace.

On the evening of6, Vilnius airport temporarily suspended operations again due to the appearance of balloons approaching the flight zone. This is the

Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday, forcing the shutdown of Vilnius Airport.

For the third night in a row, Lithuania, one of NATO’s front-line member states, was forced to close its main airports after strange balloon from Belarus entered its airspace. Officials confirmed that Vilnius Airport had to suspend operations late Sunday night,