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Lithuania has temporarily closed it main airport due to weather balloons This is the sixth such incident this month,
vilnius The airport confirmed it had to close again on Thursday due to balloons flying around it.
Lithuania says the balloons were sent by smugglers carrying banned cigarettes, but it also blames belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, close ally of the Russian President Vladimir PutinTo not stop this practice.
“According to preliminary information, the decision to restrict the airspace was made due to a balloon (or balloons) flying in the direction of Vilnius Airport,” the airport said on Thursday.
Traffic at the capital airport was suspended until 9.10pm GMT.
The Baltic nation has already closed its border crossings between Lithuania and Belarus to most travelers until the end of November in response to airspace disruption, and has said it plans to shoot down the balloons.
Lukashenko said on Tuesday the Lithuanian border closure was a “crazy scam” and accused the West of waging a hybrid war against Belarus and Russia, ushering in a new era of barbed wire division.