{"id":169793,"date":"2025-12-28T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169793\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"poland-locates-17-weather-balloons-with-smuggled-belarusian-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169793\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland locates 17 weather balloons with smuggled Belarusian cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pexels.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 28, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Polish authorities have located 17 weather balloons carrying smuggled Belarusian cigarettes that flew into Poland on Christmas morning, <em>niezalezna.pl<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen balloons were found in the Podlasie voivodeship, and four in the Lublin voivodeship in eastern Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven balloons were detected on December 26. In all, about 60 balloons reportedly violated Polish airspace on December 25, forcing the authorities to restrict flights for civilian aircraft over the Podlasie voivodeship as a security measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the balloons, Polish fighter jets intercepted, visually identified and followed a Russian reconnaissance plane that was flying over international waters of the Baltic Sea near the Polish border.<\/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\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/poland_bel_pexels_1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland reports incursion by balloons from Belarus on Christmas night<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 25, Pozirk. Poland\u2019s armed forces operational command has reported an incursion this morning by flying objects from Belarus, most likely balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes. &nbsp; Poland restricted flights for civilian aircraft over the Podlasie Voivodeship as a security measure. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169642\">\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>December 28, Pozirk. Polish authorities have located 17 weather balloons carrying smuggled Belarusian cigarettes that flew into Poland on Christmas morning, niezalezna.pl reports. Thirteen balloons were found in the Podlasie voivodeship, and four in the Lublin voivodeship in eastern Poland. Seven balloons were detected on December 26. In all, about 60 balloons reportedly violated Polish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60573,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-169793","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>Poland locates 17 weather balloons with smuggled Belarusian cigarettes | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 28, Pozirk. 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