Event 206

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR",
    "Air",
    "PL"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple independent open-source flight tracking visualizations, time-stamped charts, and corroborating commentary. Aircraft types, call signs, and national context strongly indicated.",
  "countries": [
    "Russia",
    "Estonia",
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Finland",
    "Poland",
    "Baltic Sea Region"
  ],
  "country": "Russia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Reports from open-source flight tracking show a surge of Russian military flight activity over the Baltic Sea region, with flight paths close to NATO borders (Baltics/Finland/Poland). Images show multiple Russian military aircraft, with NATO fighters responding. Open-source graphing suggests a sudden increase in Russian sortie frequency.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Flight tracking maps with Russian military aircraft call signs approaching NATO borders.",
    "Graphs correlating to an uptick in flights around 17 March.",
    "Multiple aircraft track overlays showing proximity to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Flight radar data show a stark uptick of Russian sorties in the last 24h, clustered near the Baltic region.",
    "Maps indicate Russian aircraft nearing or entering NATO airspace, with accompanying NATO fighter responses.",
    "Open-source graph: clear spike in Russian military flight counts over the Baltic region since 17 March."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769823045147844924.html"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Flight tracking maps with Russian military aircraft call signs approaching NATO borders.",
            "Graphs correlating to an uptick in flights around 17 March.",
            "Multiple aircraft track overlays showing proximity to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Russian military aircraft surge in Baltic Sea region close to NATO borders; NATO fighters respond",
  "location_text": "Baltic Sea region, near NATO eastern borders",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_206_1763919624_56b95e4b.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Baltic Sea Border Baltic Jammer .. changed its pattern.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769823045147844924.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Increased Russian military flight activity near NATO borders in the Baltic Sea prompts response from NATO fighters.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769823045147844924.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR Air PL",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR;PL",
  "Date": "18-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 Baltic Jammer .. changed its pattern.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Baltic Sea Border Baltic Jammer .. changed its pattern, focusing on ?? Poland. Today the Baltic Jammer changed. Starting with normal characteristic yesterday, after running for ~11h 0720Z there was a sudden change in area affected.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769823045147844924.html",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}