Archive · 22 Jan 2026
Poland Summons Belarusian Diplomat Over Balloon Incursion
Poland had a problem with some big balloons coming from Belarus.
These balloons were flying into Poland's sky without permission.
The Polish government was not happy and called the Belarusian diplomat to talk about it.
The balloons were found with some illegal cigarettes inside.
The police found the pieces of these balloons in the north-east part of Poland.
The government wants to know why this happened and talk to the people in charge from Belarus.
Poland summoned the Belarusian charge d’affaires over last week's airspace breach by smuggling balloons.
Unidentified flying objects, likely smuggling balloons, entered Polish airspace from Belarus.
Polish police retrieved remains of balloons along with illegal cigarettes in north-eastern Poland.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs took action, citing a ministry spokesman.
The incident was reported by the national news agency PAP.
- Who
- Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarusian charge d’affaires
- What
- Summoning of Belarusian diplomat over balloon incursion
- When
- Last week (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Poland, Belarus
- Why
- Unidentified flying objects, likely smuggling balloons, entered Polish airspace from Belarus
- Country Involved
- Poland, Belarus
- Date of Incident
- Last week
- Objects Involved
- Smuggling balloons
- Items Found
- Illegal cigarettes
- Location of Retrieval
- North-eastern Poland