Belarusian Weather Probes Attacked Another Baltic Country
1- 5.12.2025, 18:37
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Eight aerial objects were recorded.
From the evening of November 23 to the morning of November 24, radar systems of the Latvian National Armed Forces detected several air objects that at different times crossed the Latvian-Belarusian border and entered the airspace of the Baltic country. After the first signals from their Lithuanian partners, the State Border Guard together with the State Police intercepted eight weather probes carrying illegal cigarettes, the Latvian Interior Ministry said, writes lsm.lv.
Once the information was received, operational measures were launched in several border areas in the east of the country: checking territories, patrolling and searching for objects.
"It is important to emphasize that the critical infrastructure is not Latvian responsible services are constantly monitoring the situation on the border. Nevertheless, since yesterday evening, our services have been working in an intensified mode until this morning. So far, eight weather probes have been intercepted, and approximately 60,000 to 120,000 cigarettes are transported with one such probe. The services continue to work actively, and the figures may change during the day," said Interior Minister Richard Kozlovskis.
The services have seized eight weather probes with more than 720,000 illegal cigarettes.
Belarusian weather probes are actively attacking Lithuania. Next week, this Baltic country declares an emergency situation.