Lithuania temporarily shuts its border crossings with Belarus | The World | ABC NEWS

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Lithuania has announced a temporary closure of its border crossings with Belarus, after balloons frequently crossed over into Lithuanian airspace, leading to the shutting down of a major airport. Linas Kojala from the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center in Lithuania told The World these latest incidents are part of a wider strategy of aggression from Belarus.

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