Event 424

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Statement directly from the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, posted on a verified account with clear and attributable language referencing state-sponsored cross-border attacks (arson).",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://x.com/GLandsbergis/status/1806238562129494307"
    ],
    "title": "??Lithuania FM calls for 'State Sponsored Terrorism' label"
  },
  "description": "Lithuanian official publicly states that when a country hires someone to burn down buildings in another country, it should be classified as state-sponsored terrorism, not merely a 'hybrid attack.' The post is a high-profile denouncement of recent cross-border actions linked to state-backed sabotage.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-06-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official public statement by the Foreign Minister of Lithuania.",
    "High-level attribution referring to cross-border sabotage actions."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "If a country hires someone to burn down buildings in another country, that's not a 'hybrid attack', that's state-sponsored terrorism."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official public statement by the Foreign Minister of Lithuania.",
            "High-level attribution referring to cross-border sabotage actions."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Lithuanian FM: State-sponsored arson in another country is terrorism, not a 'hybrid attack'",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_424_1763926620_c0a485a9.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Political declaration on classification of Kremlin acts, FM Gabrielius Landsbergis proposal.",
  "political_disruption_countries": [
    "Political",
    "label"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/GLandsbergis/status/1806238562129494307"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuanian FM condemns cross-border arson as state terrorism.",
  "url": "https://x.com/GLandsbergis/status/1806238562129494307"
}

{
  "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": "27-Jun-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Lithuania FM calls for 'State Sponsored Terrorism' label",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/GLandsbergis/status/1806238562129494307",
  "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": "Political declaration on classification of Kremlin acts, FM Gabrielius Landsbergis proposal.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "Political label",
  "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)": ""
}