Vilnius Airport in Lithuania announced yesterday that it had temporarily suspended operations due to balloons moving towards its airspace, leading to the diversion of some incoming flights to other cities. The airport operator wrote on its website: 'Attention... Vilnius Airport operations have been disrupted', adding that it is scheduled to reopen at 1:30 AM local time (23:30 GMT). Lithuania states that the disruptions are caused by weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes from neighboring Belarus, blaming Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for allowing such a practice, describing it as a form of 'attack by any means'.
