Event 551

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LT-BY"
  ],
  "category": "Kinetic",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "countries": [
    "Belarus",
    "Lithuania",
    "Unknown"
  ],
  "country": "Belarus",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A tactical group of the Belarusian Armed Forces, including the 19th Mechanized Brigade, was redeployed to the area bordering Lithuania in early September 2023, involving a military train transporting equipment and personnel.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-09-04T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Map showing the redeployment of the 19th Brigade from central Belarus to the Lithuanian border.",
    "Thread details train movement dates, equipment details, and military exercises as part of a combat readiness inspection.",
    "Clarification that current activities are not assessed as a direct military threat to Lithuania."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "A tactical group of the Belarusian Armed Forces was redeployed to the area bordering Lithuania.",
    "On August 31, a military cargo train with equipment of the 19th Mechanized Brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces ... was being formed.",
    "On September 1, the train was spotted in the vicinity of Minsk, it was moving to the west.",
    "units of the Belarusian Armed Forces don't pose a military threat to Lithuania.",
    "38 pieces of equipment and about 350 people",
    "Servicemen will 'practice actions in conditions close to combat ones' in the staging area."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1831378307733922189.html"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Troop Redeployment",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Map showing the redeployment of the 19th Brigade from central Belarus to the Lithuanian border.",
            "Thread details train movement dates, equipment details, and military exercises as part of a combat readiness inspection.",
            "Clarification that current activities are not assessed as a direct military threat to Lithuania."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Redeployment of the 19th Brigade to the area bordering Lithuania",
  "location_text": "Belarus-Lithuania border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_551_1763930651_63af6deb.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Belarusian tactical group redeployed near ??LT border. See the thread. Troop buildup near NATO border. Part of ongoing Belarus-Russia regional deployments",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1831378307733922189.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Belarus redeploys tactical military group, including equipment and personnel, to Lithuanian border in September 2023.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1831378307733922189.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Troop redeployment",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT-BY",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT;BY;border",
  "Date": "4-Sep-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)": "55.2, 26.0",
  "NOTES": "??Belarusian tactical group redeployed near ??LT border. See the thread. Troop buildup near NATO border. Part of ongoing Belarus-Russia regional deployments",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Belarusian tactical group redeployed near ??LT border. See the thread.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1831378307733922189.html",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}