Event 213

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Announcement reported directly and attributed to Polish authorities; described as already underway with details provided on target personnel and reserve force structure.",
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1771624407472959993.html"
    ],
    "title": "??Defense\"Target size of Poland's army will 1/2 Million. Territorial Defense is 150K.\" ?? Poland has announced that in view of Russia attempt to destabilize the region of Europe and invade Ukraine - the target size of its army will be almost half a million available personnel"
  },
  "description": "Poland has announced a significant defense preparation in response to Russia's attempts to destabilize Europe and invade Ukraine. The Polish army's target size will be nearly half a million personnel, with an active reserve of 130,000 soldiers and up to 450,000 total personnel including other services. Training and readiness for the reserves have already begun to boost the number of active reservists.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-23T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Public announcement of force increase and reserve mobilization attributed to Polish authorities.",
    "Explicit numerical targets for personnel and active reserves discussed.",
    "Framing of the move as a response to Russian destabilization and Ukraine invasion."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Poland has announced that in view of Russia attempt to destabilize the region of Europe and invade Ukraine – the target size of its army will be almost half a million available personnel.",
    "The active reserve is to amount to 130 thousand soldiers, which, together with soldiers of other types of service- would give up to 450 thousand soldiers in the Polish Armed Forces.",
    "Work has already begun on implementing a new model for training and maintaining readiness of reserves, which would ultimately allow to achieve such a numbers of active reserve."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Public announcement of force increase and reserve mobilization attributed to Polish authorities.",
            "Explicit numerical targets for personnel and active reserves discussed.",
            "Framing of the move as a response to Russian destabilization and Ukraine invasion."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Poland announces massive military build-up amid Russian threat",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_213_1763919814_052b7a7e.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Numbers of Poland's army and territorial defense",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1771624407472959993.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Poland is substantially increasing its army size and reserve forces in response to Russian threats to European stability.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1771624407472959993.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "23-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Defense\"Target size of Poland's army will 1/2 Million. Territorial Defense is 150K.\" ?? Poland has announced that in view of Russia attempt to destabilize the region of Europe and invade Ukraine - the target size of its army will be almost half a million available personnel",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1771624407472959993.html",
  "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": "Numbers of Poland's army and territorial defense",
  "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)": ""
}