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  • Affairs
  • 17 Dec 2025
  • 7 min

Explainer 498: Belarus’s balloon offensive

State Border Guard Service/AP via Alamy

  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • 7 min

Lithuania has been beleaguered by balloons drifting into its airspace from neighbouring Belarus. What are the military advantages of this seemingly whimsical mode of transportation? And how severe is the threat? Andrew Mueller explains. 

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributors
  • Anita Riotta
  • Lily Austin

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