Russian jets violated NATO airspace over Lithuania for 18 seconds during suspected refueling exercise. Nation's president calls it a breach of international law amid tensions.

Lithuania’s government will keep the country’s two border crossings with Belarus closed for the next month after balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across the frontier brought disruption to the capit

Lithuania accuses Belarus and Russia of a "deliberate escalation of hybrid warfare" as balloons shut down major airport.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening.

Moscow denied an incursion into Lithuanian airspace after Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said two military aircraft were spotted.

Although there is no proof that the Kremlin is behind the most recent incident, it would come as part of a month-long pattern of airspace violations against the Baltic states.

Some 2,000 trucks were stranded Friday in Belarus after Lithuania closed its border in response to recent airspace disruptions, a truckers association said."Around 2,000 trucks are stranded in Belarus,

NATO member Lithuania said two Russian military aircraft entered its airspace on Thursday for about 18 seconds, prompting a formal protest and a reaction from NATO forces, while Russia denied the incident.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys worries his nation will be Russia's next target after Ukraine, and hopes that Japan will use its