On Monday evening, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council António Costa denounced the incursion of dozens of balloons carrying contraband cigarettes from Belarus into Lithuania, causing the Vilnius and Kaunas airports to temporarily close. Lithuania announced that it would shoot down balloons that enter its territory illegally.
“This is destabilisation. This is provocation. We call it by its name: a hybrid threat. We will not...