Event 779

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LV",
    "BSR"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple mentions of possible sabotage and police investigations in official statements covered by a reputable news outlet.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Sweden"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Repairs to the Latvian State Radio and Television Center's (LVRTC) undersea cable in the Baltic Sea, damaged at the end of January, are nearly complete. Repair operations resumed despite adverse weather, with authorities considering sabotage as a possible cause but investigations remain ongoing.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-02-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Article headline and lead summarize repairs and cite ongoing Latvian and Swedish investigations.",
    "Direct quote: 'The Latvian police are still investigating the case.'",
    "Reference to end-of-January damage and sabotage not ruled out, with repairs continuing as of late February."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Repair work has resumed on the cable belonging to the Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC), which was damaged at the end of January.",
    "The Swedish Public Prosecutor's Office has already ruled out the possibility of sabotage in connection with one of the cables. But it has said the damage was caused by a 'human factor.'",
    "The Latvian police are still investigating the case.",
    "LVRTC operates and owns the ... optical data cable managed to extract and implement one end of the cable on the shore to Gotland."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/27.02.2025-latvian-undersea-cable-repairs-to-be-finished-soon.a589498/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Article headline and lead summarize repairs and cite ongoing Latvian and Swedish investigations.",
            "Direct quote: 'The Latvian police are still investigating the case.'",
            "Reference to end-of-January damage and sabotage not ruled out, with repairs continuing as of late February."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "??Latvia undersea cable repairs finish soon",
  "headline": "Latvian undersea cable repairs to be finished soon",
  "location_text": "Baltic Sea, Latvia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_779_1763938138_e3ddaea6.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Undersea infrastructure recovery from sabotage or damage",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/27.02.2025-latvian-undersea-cable-repairs-to-be-finished-soon.a589498/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Repair work is nearly complete on the LVRTC undersea data cable damaged in January. Sabotage is still being considered as a cause.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/27.02.2025-latvian-undersea-cable-repairs-to-be-finished-soon.a589498/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV BSR",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "27-Feb-25",
  "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://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/27.02.2025-latvian-undersea-cable-repairs-to-be-finished-soon.a589498/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Latvia undersea cable repairs finish soon",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Undersea infrastructure recovery from sabotage or damage",
  "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)": ""
}