Event 242

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct references in source article and visible supporting images. Official reporting from Yle with detailed discussion of the troop presence, location, and purpose.",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Germany"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://svenska-yle-fi.translate.goog/a/7-10054510?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp",
      "https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1777272461186191831"
    ],
    "title": "Germany has a permanent military presence in another country ( ?? Lithuania)"
  },
  "description": "Germany has established a permanent military presence in Lithuania. A German brigade will be fully operational in the country by 2027, marking the first time Germany has had permanent troops stationed in another country during peacetime.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-04-08T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline states Germany's permanent military presence in Lithuania.",
    "Map and text reference Rūdninkai, Lithuania as deployment site.",
    "Photographs and captions show presence of German troops and officials in Lithuania.",
    "Article details brigade size (4,800) and timeline (combat-ready by 2027)."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Germany now has a permanent military presence in another country.",
    "The German brigade being established in Lithuania will eventually reach a strength of 4,800 and the troops are expected to be fully combat-ready by the end of 2027.",
    "For Germany, it is a big and unusual step. It is the first time that the country will have permanent stationing of troops abroad during peacetime.",
    "German soldiers are now stationed in Rūdninkai, Lithuania."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline states Germany's permanent military presence in Lithuania.",
            "Map and text reference Rūdninkai, Lithuania as deployment site.",
            "Photographs and captions show presence of German troops and officials in Lithuania.",
            "Article details brigade size (4,800) and timeline (combat-ready by 2027)."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "A new era has begun in Lithuania: Germany now has a permanent military presence in another country",
  "location_text": "Rūdninkai, Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_242_1763920667_b624aa97.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Germany brigade in  ?? Lithuania. Germany NATO troops based in  ??  Lithuania as a Tripwire? Or not?",
  "primary_ref_links": [
    "https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1777272461186191831"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://svenska-yle-fi.translate.goog/a/7-10054510?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp",
    "https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1777272461186191831"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Germany stations a permanent brigade in Lithuania, significantly increasing NATO's eastern presence.",
  "url": "https://svenska-yle-fi.translate.goog/a/7-10054510?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "8-Apr-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Germany has a permanent military presence in another country ( ?? Lithuania)",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://svenska-yle-fi.translate.goog/a/7-10054510?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp and https://twitter.com/GitanasNauseda/status/1777272461186191831",
  "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": "Germany brigade in  ?? Lithuania. Germany NATO troops based in  ??  Lithuania as a Tripwire? Or not?",
  "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)": ""
}