Event 192

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Sweden",
    "Denmark",
    "BSR"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Kinetic",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple flight paths are shown, suggesting a coordinated Russian military air presence near NATO and Swedish airspace. Both maps and analysis, with explicit references to the involved aircraft types and possible intent, are presented.",
  "countries": [
    "Sweden",
    "Denmark",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Sweden",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "On March 9th, 2024, an unusually large number of Russian military aircraft, including strategic bombers, were observed flying in the Baltic Sea region, particularly near Swedish and Danish airspace. The patterns suggest deliberate signaling or probing of NATO/Nordic response measures.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-14T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Maps showing coordinated Russian military aircraft movement over the Baltic Sea, near Gotland and Bornholm.",
    "OSINT accounts document Swedish AF scrambled to respond, with orbits shown near Gotland.",
    "Reporting of 9 Russian military aircraft, incl. strategic bombers Tu-95, Tu-160, and Su-35 fighters."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "In the early hours of March 9th, 2024, a total of 9 Russian military aircraft, incl. Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers, as well as Su-35 fighter jets, entered the Baltic Sea region from mainland Russia.",
    "The scale and type of aircraft involved is highly unusual.",
    "Several Twitter OSINT accounts were tracking this sortie.",
    "SweAF (Swedish Air Force) appear to be up in force, orbiting near Gotland.",
    "The entire Baltic Sea region must have been on the highest possible readiness.",
    "At around 10:00 CET, the Russian bombers turned around and headed back east."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "War-Gaming?",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Maps showing coordinated Russian military aircraft movement over the Baltic Sea, near Gotland and Bornholm.",
            "OSINT accounts document Swedish AF scrambled to respond, with orbits shown near Gotland.",
            "Reporting of 9 Russian military aircraft, incl. strategic bombers Tu-95, Tu-160, and Su-35 fighters."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Russian military bombers mass over Baltic Sea, prompt response from Sweden and Denmark",
  "is_continuous": false,
  "location_text": "Baltic Sea, near Gotland (Sweden) and Bornholm (Denmark)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_192_1763919131_cce370d4.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Baltic Sea Border ??Russian trio of absurdly maneuvering war transport ships in the Med, heading for Baltics [...]",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1767136341022654505.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "A significant deployment of Russian strategic bombers and combat aircraft occurred over the Baltic Sea on March 9, 2024, leading to monitoring and responses from Swedish and Danish forces.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1767136341022654505.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "War-gaming?",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR",
  "Date": "14-Mar-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)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Baltic Sea Border ??Russian trio of absurdly maneuvering war transport ships in the Med, heading for Baltics [...]",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Baltic Sea Border ??Russian trio of absurdly maneuvering war transport ships in the Med, heading for Baltics [...]",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1767136341022654505.html",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}