Event 543

{
  "attack_type": "Airspace Violation",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Aviation",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Official post by @gaisa_speki (Latvian Air Force) includes time, aircraft types, location, and purpose. The image attached supports the report context. Standard incident type for Baltics.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Germany",
    "Russia",
    "Unknown"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "German Eurofighters took off from Lielvārde Air Base in Latvia for an alert scramble to identify a Russian IL-20 aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea without a transponder or flight plan. This was flagged at the start of the week as a potentially concerning incident.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-08-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Post from Latvian Air Force (@gaisa_speki) with a photo of a Russian IL-20 and time-stamped 12:35 PM, Aug 27, 2024.",
    "The post states a German Eurofighter launch for identification of an IL-20 flying over the Baltic Sea without transponder or flight plan."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "#Eurofighters pacēlās no militārās bāzes Lielvārde un devās izsaukumā, lai identificētu vienu — lidaparātu IL-20, kas regulāri darbojas virs Baltijas jūras bez transpondera vai lidojuma plāna.",
    "Trauksmaini iesākusies nedēļa!"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://x.com/gaisa_speki/status/1828410982814687552"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Airspace Violation",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Post from Latvian Air Force (@gaisa_speki) with a photo of a Russian IL-20 and time-stamped 12:35 PM, Aug 27, 2024.",
            "The post states a German Eurofighter launch for identification of an IL-20 flying over the Baltic Sea without transponder or flight plan."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "German Eurofighters Intercept Russian IL-20 Over Baltic Sea Without Transponder",
  "location_text": "Lielvārde Air Base; Baltic Sea",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_543_1763930436_f9bb521c.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Baltic air policing: Eurofighters intercept IL-20. No transponder/flight plan",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/gaisa_speki/status/1828410982814687552"
  ],
  "url": "https://x.com/gaisa_speki/status/1828410982814687552"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Airspace Violation",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV;Air",
  "Date": "27-Aug-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "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": "Baltic air policing: Eurofighters intercept IL-20. No transponder/flight plan",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Baltic air policing: Eurofighters intercept IL-20",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/gaisa_speki/status/1828410982814687552",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}