Balloons from Belarus disrupt air traffic in Lithuania, late 2025
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records increased use of balloons that disrupted air traffic in Lithuania; it says they are used by smugglers but that authorities call the pattern a hybrid attack, and the BBC reported on the disruption. It codes the incident as disruption, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target civil aviation, location Lithuania; the dataset records it as running from October 2025 to 2025-12-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 October 2025
- Where
- Lithuania, Lithuania
- What
- airspace violation
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence BBC News
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Balloons from Belarus disrupt air traffic in Lithuania, late 2025", ev-20261027-j5tv, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-j5tv/