{"id":152099,"date":"2025-08-21T17:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152099\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-closes-airspace-over-part-of-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152099\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania closes airspace over part of Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuania has closed the airspace along part of its shared border with Belarus until October 1 in connection with the upcoming Zapad-2025 exercise, , <em>LRT <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Transport and Communications took the decision after a request from the Armed Forces\u2019 commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of National Defense attributed it to the security situation and public safety, including the risks to civil aviation arising from airspace violations by unmanned aerial vehicles. It also mentioned creating conditions for the Lithuanian military to perform tasks established by law in response to airspace violations in peacetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights in restricted zones are possible in exceptional cases upon permission from the Lithuanian Armed Forces\u2019 commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The length of Lithuania\u2019s border with Belarus totals 679 km. The report does not specify what part of the airspace Vilnius has closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief of Defense Raimundas Vaik\u0161noras told <em>BNS <\/em>that in response to the exercise, the Lithuanian army will increase its combat readiness throughout August and September. NATO also plans to take part in protecting Lithuania\u2019s airspace. The alliance\u2019s experts have come to the country for situation assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, media reported that Lithuania aimed to bolster its border protection ahead of the Zapad-2025 military exercise in Belarus. Rustamas Lyubajevas, commander of the State Border Guard Service, said Vilnius was already implementing a plan to address the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bpla_vs_litvy_lrt_lt.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Drone that flew to Lithuania from Belarus last week carried explosives<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 5, Pozirk. The unmanned aerial vehicle that flew into Lithuania from Belarus last week was carrying an explosive device, Prosecutor General Nida Grunskien\u0117 has told a press conference in Vilnius. \u201cThe examination of the drone found that it was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/149712\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, Pozirk. Lithuania has closed the airspace along part of its shared border with Belarus until October 1 in connection with the upcoming Zapad-2025 exercise, , LRT reported. The Ministry of Transport and Communications took the decision after a request from the Armed Forces\u2019 commander-in-chief. The Ministry of National Defense attributed it to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":121682,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-152099","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania closes airspace over part of Belarus border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 21, Pozirk. 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