Event 150

{
  "category": "Sabotage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Photo evidence and multiple detailed incident descriptions supplied. Post lists specific locations and actions that match typical modus operandi for provocations, providing high-confidence attribution.",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A post reports an uptick in provocations attributed to a Russian provocateur network in the Baltic states. Incidents include defacement of monuments, the letter Z painted on public property, a Molotov cocktail attack on the Occupation Museum, vandalism at Stūra House, and the removal of a partisan memorial plaque in Matīsa street.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-02-29T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Photograph included showing a column painted with Ukrainian colors and a 'Z' symbol, consistent with reported acts of defacement.",
    "Incidents match a pattern of Russian hybrid/information operations in the Baltics."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "ar krāsu apliets pieminekļi leģionāriem",
    "Z burti uz visa veida vides objektiem",
    "Molotova kokteilis Okupācijas muzejā",
    "Izsists logs Stūra mājā",
    "Norauta partizānu piemiņas plāksne Matīsa ielā"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://x.com/TTauretajs/status/1763141278508687720"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Sabotages. Baltic States-Wide.",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Photograph included showing a column painted with Ukrainian colors and a 'Z' symbol, consistent with reported acts of defacement.",
            "Incidents match a pattern of Russian hybrid/information operations in the Baltics."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "EE",
    "LV",
    "LT"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "A network of RU provocateurs has been activated in the Baltic states. [...]  See long list of sabotage activities",
  "headline": "Baltic states see increase in RU provocateur activity: vandalism, Molotov attack, and memorial defacements reported",
  "location_text": "Latvia (Matīsa street, Stūra māja, Okupācijas muzejs)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_150_1763917691_1d6bd8bf.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Network of Baltic wide Saboteurs",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/TTauretajs/status/1763141278508687720"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Incidents of pro-Russian provocations in Latvia: vandalism, arson, and defacement of memorials and museums.",
  "url": "https://x.com/TTauretajs/status/1763141278508687720"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "EE LV LT",
  "Attack Type": "Sabotages. Baltic States-wide.",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;LV;LT",
  "Date": "29-Feb-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://x.com/TTauretajs/status/1763141278508687720",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "A network of RU provocateurs has been activated in the Baltic states. [...]  See long list of sabotage activities",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Network of Baltic wide Saboteurs",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}