# Explainer 498: Belarus’s balloon offensive

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 17 Dec 2025, 7:30.

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Lithuania has been beleaguered by balloons drifting into its airspace from neighbouring Belarus. What are the military advantages of this seemingly whimsical mode of transportation? And how severe is the threat? Andrew Mueller explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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