Event 617

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "PL-BY"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The information comes from a reputable analytical publication, with multiple direct quotes from Polish officials and specific details regarding timelines, goals, and context.",
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Poland has announced plans to construct defensive fortifications along its entire eastern border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, with completion targeted for 2028. The move is a response to increased security concerns regarding Russian and Belarusian activities near NATO's eastern flank and aims to prepare against possible future incursions or hybrid threats.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-10-23T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Executive summary and multiple references in the article state that Poland will build a comprehensive defensive line along its eastern border by 2028 targeting both Kaliningrad and Belarus frontiers.",
    "Direct quotes from Polish officials, specifics about the stages and anticipated costs, and context given by NATO's security posture tie the event to heightened regional defense preparations."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Poland announced plans to build fortifications on its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad oblast and Belarus, with construction of the 'Eastern Shield' defensive line to be completed by 2028.",
    "Poland’s determination to safeguard its sovereign territory against Russia will hopefully both boost the Eastern Ukraine’s resilience and reinforce to other European partners the importance of continuing to support Ukraine against Russia.",
    "Poland plans to begin building fortifications on its eastern border next year. On October 4, a Polish Border Guard spokesman, Michał Tokarczyk, said publicly that work is at the first organizational and preparatory stage.",
    "The new fortifications will cost an estimated 10 billion zloty ($2.25 billion)."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Executive summary and multiple references in the article state that Poland will build a comprehensive defensive line along its eastern border by 2028 targeting both Kaliningrad and Belarus frontiers.",
            "Direct quotes from Polish officials, specifics about the stages and anticipated costs, and context given by NATO's security posture tie the event to heightened regional defense preparations."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "??Poland to build  Eastern Shield  fortifications on eastern border by 2028",
  "headline": "Poland to Build Fortifications on Eastern Border by 2028",
  "location_text": "Poland eastern border (Kaliningrad, Belarus border)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_617_1763932882_fdd5e1c0.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Poland to build  Eastern Shield  fortifications on eastern border by 2028",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://jamestown.org/program/poland-to-build-fortifications-on-eastern-border-by-2028/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Poland will build fortifications along its entire border with Kaliningrad and Belarus by 2028 to deter and defend against hybrid threats from Russia and Belarus.",
  "url": "https://jamestown.org/program/poland-to-build-fortifications-on-eastern-border-by-2028/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "PL-BY",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "23-Oct-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)": "https://jamestown.org/program/poland-to-build-fortifications-on-eastern-border-by-2028/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Poland to build  Eastern Shield  fortifications on eastern border by 2028",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Poland to build  Eastern Shield  fortifications on eastern border by 2028",
  "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)": ""
}