Event 337

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct quotes from the Lithuanian Defence Minister and clear references to US governmental confirmation strongly substantiate the event.",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2263399/us-battalion-to-stay-in-lithuania-indefinitely-mod"
    ],
    "title": "US Battalion to stay in ??  Lithuania indefinitely.  During my visit to Washington, I received a strong and clear confirmation from the US National Security Council and the Pentagon that the US presence in Lithuania is indefinite and the deployment of forces in the region will remain unchanged,  the minister told BNS on Wednesday.\""
  },
  "description": "US Battalion to stay in ??  Lithuania indefinitely.  During my visit to Washington, I received a strong and clear confirmation from the US National Security Council and the Pentagon that the US presence in Lithuania is indefinite and the deployment of forces in the region will remain unchanged,  the minister told BNS on Wednesday.\"",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-02T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official statements by the Lithuanian Defence Minister, as quoted by LRT, following a visit to the US, confirm indefinite US battalion presence.",
    "Article specifies initial plan was to end the presence in 2025, but it is now indefinite.",
    "US presence in Lithuania has been on rotation since 2019; rotation changes introduced in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas, who is on a visit to the US, says he has been assured that the American battalion in Lithuania will stay in the country indefinitely, not until the end of 2025 as initially planned.",
    "During my visit to Washington, I received a strong and clear confirmation from the US National Security Council and the Pentagon that the US presence in Lithuania is indefinite and the deployment of forces in the region will remain unchanged.",
    "During the meetings, I sent a clear message that the US presence in Lithuania is indispensable, and together with NATO, the German brigade and the national forces, it is the necessary combat power that can reliably deter Russia."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official statements by the Lithuanian Defence Minister, as quoted by LRT, following a visit to the US, confirm indefinite US battalion presence.",
            "Article specifies initial plan was to end the presence in 2025, but it is now indefinite.",
            "US presence in Lithuania has been on rotation since 2019; rotation changes introduced in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "US battalion to stay in Lithuania indefinitely – MoD",
  "location_text": "Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_337_1763923642_c85cc389.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "US NATO Battalion to stay in ??  Lithuania indefinitely.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2263399/us-battalion-to-stay-in-lithuania-indefinitely-mod"
  ],
  "summary_short": "The US will maintain a battalion presence in Lithuania indefinitely; prior plans to end the presence in 2025 have changed.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2263399/us-battalion-to-stay-in-lithuania-indefinitely-mod"
}

{
  "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": "LT",
  "Date": "2-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "US Battalion to stay in ??  Lithuania indefinitely.  During my visit to Washington, I received a strong and clear confirmation from the US National Security Council and the Pentagon that the US presence in Lithuania is indefinite and the deployment of forces in the region will remain unchanged,  the minister told BNS on Wednesday.\"",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2263399/us-battalion-to-stay-in-lithuania-indefinitely-mod",
  "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": "US NATO Battalion to stay in ??  Lithuania indefinitely.",
  "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)": ""
}