Ryanair hijacking is an act of war - so how does EU respond?

"It seems that optimal conditions for an effective military subversion require geographical proximity, weak border control, weak counterintelligence, lack of strong allies, easy access to firearms, socio-political divisions, and the element of surprise."

These words could have been written after the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, forced a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk on 23 May.

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