{"id":172035,"date":"2026-01-17T16:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172035\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"poland-reports-numerous-airspace-violations-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172035\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland reports numerous airspace violations from Belarus"},"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\/07\/polsha_flag_unsplash_natalia-gasiorowska_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polsha_flag_unsplash_natalia-gasiorowska_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polsha_flag_unsplash_natalia-gasiorowska_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polsha_flag_unsplash_natalia-gasiorowska_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polsha_flag_unsplash_natalia-gasiorowska_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/polsha_flag_unsplash_natalia-gasiorowska_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Natalia Gasiorowska \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Several dozen objects from Belarus violated Polish airspace overnight, the Polish National Security Bureau said, noting that its chief, S\u0142awomir Cenckiewicz, has provided regular updates to Polish President Karol Nawrocki on the course and consequences of the incursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bureau said it could not rule out that the incursions were a provocation disguised as smuggling, citing a December 25 incident in which 59 objects crossed into Polish airspace from Belarus. Security forces warned the public to avoid any objects or debris related to the incident and to alert authorities immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday evening, the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command informed the police of unidentified flying objects, most likely cigarette-smuggling balloons that entered Polish airspace from Belarusian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overnight, police reportedly seized balloon debris along with cigarettes without Polish excise stamps in Bia\u0142ystok and in the Sok\u00f3lka district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Polish border guards detected 185 cigarette-smuggling weather balloons that flew into Poland from Belarus carrying goods worth about $1.2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months ago, weather balloon incursions caused tensions between Belarus and Lithuania, forcing Vilnius to declare an \u201cextreme situation,\u201d a low-level emergency, in response to what it called \u201ca hybrid attack from Belarus.\u201d<\/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\/06\/litovskaja_armija_d_umbraso_LRytas_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/litovskaja_armija_d_umbraso_LRytas_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/litovskaja_armija_d_umbraso_LRytas_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/litovskaja_armija_d_umbraso_LRytas_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/litovskaja_armija_d_umbraso_LRytas_1128x752-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/litovskaja_armija_d_umbraso_LRytas_1128x752.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\">Vilnius does not plan to lift state of \u201cextreme situation\u201d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 14, Pozirk. Lithuania\u2019s Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovi\u010d said on January 14 that he does not plan to lift a state of low-level emergency called \u201cextreme situation\u201d introduced in early December over the overflights of balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes. \u201cIt &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/171618\">\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>January 17, Pozirk. Several dozen objects from Belarus violated Polish airspace overnight, the Polish National Security Bureau said, noting that its chief, S\u0142awomir Cenckiewicz, has provided regular updates to Polish President Karol Nawrocki on the course and consequences of the incursions. The Bureau said it could not rule out that the incursions were a provocation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93433,"template":"","rubric":[30,15],"class_list":["post-172035","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland reports numerous airspace violations from Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 17, Pozirk. 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