Event 555

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Russia",
    "LT-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct evidence quotes from official statements and photographic evidence; timestamp visible in article metadata.",
  "continuous_summary": "Defensive border preparations and continuous fortification efforts as a deterrent and rapid response to security threats from Russia.",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2354296/all-friendships-are-over-lithuania-fortifies-border-with-russia-s-kaliningrad"
    ],
    "title": "??Lithuania fortifies border with ??Kaliningrad"
  },
  "description": "Lithuania is reinforcing its border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave by installing permanent counter-mobility measures such as anti-tank hedgehogs, barbed wire, and warning signs. This fortification aims to immediately protect vulnerable areas and serve as a deterrent signal to Russia, according to Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-09-06T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Article contains photos showing physical border fortifications, e.g. anti-tank hedgehogs and barbed wire.",
    "Statements from Defence Minister and Defence Staff Chief confirming measures.",
    "Article timestamp confirms event time."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Permanent counter-mobility measures are being set up on parts of Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad. This is not only a signal to Russia but also a way to immediately protect areas that could be vulnerable, says Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas.",
    "Known as the ‘hedgehog line’, Lithuania’s so-called counter-mobility parks contain anti-tank hedgehogs, concertina wire, and signs warning about mines.",
    "According to Major General Remigijus Baltrėnas, Chief of the Defence Staff, Lithuania’s border with Kaliningrad is given priority in permanent counter-mobility barriers, such as anti-tank hedgehogs and other obstacles."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2354296/all-friendships-are-over-lithuania-fortifies-border-with-russia-s-kaliningrad"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Article contains photos showing physical border fortifications, e.g. anti-tank hedgehogs and barbed wire.",
            "Statements from Defence Minister and Defence Staff Chief confirming measures.",
            "Article timestamp confirms event time."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "‘All friendships are over’: Lithuania fortifies border with Russia’s Kaliningrad",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Lithuania-Russia (Kaliningrad) border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_555_1763930774_e9b09b1a.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Lithuania fortifies border with ??Kaliningrad. Part of NATO and regional border defense strategy",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2354296/all-friendships-are-over-lithuania-fortifies-border-with-russia-s-kaliningrad"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuania implements permanent defensive barriers and anti-mobility measures along its border with Russia's Kaliningrad region.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2354296/all-friendships-are-over-lithuania-fortifies-border-with-russia-s-kaliningrad"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "6-Sep-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Lithuania fortifies border with ??Kaliningrad",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2354296/all-friendships-are-over-lithuania-fortifies-border-with-russia-s-kaliningrad",
  "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)": "55.0, 21.0",
  "NOTES": "??Lithuania fortifies border with ??Kaliningrad. Part of NATO and regional border defense strategy",
  "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)": ""
}