Event 464

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  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple concrete details (location, scale, partners, financials) are cited in the visible post, and the image confirms a formal ceremony. Timing is precise from the platform.",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://x.com/realNepareizais/status/1814380861619388793"
    ],
    "notes": "Part of a national expansion of military infrastructure under public-private partnership.",
    "title": "Opening of a new military town (kasarmes) in Šiauliai, Lithuania"
  },
  "description": "Lithuania has opened a newly constructed military town in Šiauliai, covering an area of 7.8 hectares. The open territory hosts the largest barracks in Lithuania and two additional new buildings within the same military town. The site is designed for a total capacity of up to 2,400 personnel. This is one of three new Lithuanian military towns built within two years, under a public-private partnership for infrastructure and long-term support worth €231 million over 12.5 years.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-07-20T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Tweet and attached media describe and show a military opening ceremony in Šiauliai, Lithuania, details on facility scale, value, and partnership model."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Šodien Šauļos tika atklāta jaunuzcelta kara pilsētiņa.",
    "Teritorijas platība ir 7,8 ha, un tajā ir pat lielākas kazarmas un telpas nekā šogad atklātajās 2 citās jaunbūvētajās kara pilsētiņās.",
    "Visās 3 kopā var strādāt un dienēt līdz 2400 cilv.",
    "3 jaunas kara pilsētiņas Lietuvā tika uzbūvētas 2 gadu laikā.",
    "projekti tiek īstenoti publiskās un privātās partnerības ceļā",
    "būvju uzturēšanu un pakalpojumu sniegšanu 12,5 gadu garumā",
    "vērtība ir 231 milj. € (ar PVN).",
    "7:24 PM · Jul 19, 2024"
  ],
  "extra": {
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        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Tweet and attached media describe and show a military opening ceremony in Šiauliai, Lithuania, details on facility scale, value, and partnership model."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "New Lithuanian military town opened in Šiauliai, capacity for 2,400 personnel",
  "location_text": "Šiauliai, Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
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      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_464_1763927868_41e39f55.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "New ??Lithuanian military base opened in  iauliai with capacity for 2400 troops.  231M PPP infrastructure investment across 3 military campuses",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/realNepareizais/status/1814380861619388793"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuania inaugurated a new military town in Šiauliai, able to house up to 2,400 personnel, as part of a multi-year defense infrastructure expansion.",
  "url": "https://x.com/realNepareizais/status/1814380861619388793"
}

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  "Attack Type": "",
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  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "20-Jul-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "New ??Lithuanian military base opened in  iauliai with capacity for 2400 troops.",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/realNepareizais/status/1814380861619388793",
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  "NOTES": "New ??Lithuanian military base opened in  iauliai with capacity for 2400 troops.  231M PPP infrastructure investment across 3 military campuses",
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  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
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  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
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