Event 528

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LT",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct reporting from a reputable Lithuanian news source, including agency quotes and evidence of manufacturer trials in Ukraine.",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Ukraine"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2341744/getting-dronisation-moving-lithuanian-uavs-successfully-pass-tests-in-ukraine"
    ],
    "title": "Five out of six ?? Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed tests in Ukraine. (LRT)"
  },
  "description": "Five out of six Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed operational UAV tests in Ukraine and are pursuing contracts with the Lithuanian Defence Ministry. These manufacturers, including Dronogami, have developed recon and security drones, some soon to be delivered to Ukraine. Lithuanian Defence Ministry will also adopt drones from domestic producers.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-08-20T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Successful field tests of Lithuanian-made drones conducted in Ukraine.",
    "Plans for Ukraine and Lithuania to receive Lithuanian UAVs following these tests.",
    "Official statements highlighting procurement intentions from Lithuania’s Ministry of Defence."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Five out of six Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed tests in Ukraine and are looking to sign contracts with the Defence Ministry.",
    "Dronogami is one of the Lithuanian companies whose drones under development have successfully passed tests in Ukraine.",
    "This means the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence will buy the drones – 5 million euros worth of them – to be sent to Ukraine. Another 2 million will be spent to procure Lithuanian-made drones for the Lithuanian armed forces.",
    "The Ministry of Defence says that contracts with Lithuanian manufacturers will be intensively signed this autumn."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Successful field tests of Lithuanian-made drones conducted in Ukraine.",
            "Plans for Ukraine and Lithuania to receive Lithuanian UAVs following these tests.",
            "Official statements highlighting procurement intentions from Lithuania’s Ministry of Defence."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "‘Getting dronisation moving’: Lithuanian UAVs successfully pass tests in Ukraine",
  "location_text": "Ukraine",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_528_1763929878_cafeef47.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Five out of six ?? Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed tests in Ukraine. (LRT)",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2341744/getting-dronisation-moving-lithuanian-uavs-successfully-pass-tests-in-ukraine"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuanian-made UAVs have completed successful field tests in Ukraine. Contracts with Lithuania’s Defence Ministry are being pursued, aiming to scale up production of reconnaissance and security drones for both Lithuanian and Ukrainian use.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2341744/getting-dronisation-moving-lithuanian-uavs-successfully-pass-tests-in-ukraine"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "20-Aug-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Five out of six ?? Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed tests in Ukraine. (LRT)",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2341744/getting-dronisation-moving-lithuanian-uavs-successfully-pass-tests-in-ukraine",
  "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": "Five out of six ?? Lithuanian drone manufacturers have successfully passed tests in Ukraine. (LRT)",
  "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)": ""
}