Event 781

{
  "attack_type": "Espionage",
  "category": "Espionage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "The Prosecutor General’s Office has handed over to the court a criminal case in which two Lithuanian citizens are accused of espionage for Belarus. They allegedly gathered military and strategic information in Lithuania and Latvia and passed it to the Belarusian GRU.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-03-06T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Criminal case transferred to court alleging espionage for Belarus by two Lithuanians.",
    "Activities included gathering details on Lithuanian and Latvian military and strategic sites, and passing information to Belarusian GRU.",
    "GRU requested information on Lithuanian and NATO military, infrastructure, and Riflemen’s Union; efforts included identifying activists and potential recruits."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The Prosecutor General’s Office has handed over to the court a criminal case in which two Lithuanian citizens are accused of espionage for Belarus.",
    "investigators collected enough evidence to reasonably believe that after this meeting, and until their arrest in November 2023, the two defendants were carrying out tasks for the General Staff of the General Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Belarusian Ministry of Defence (GRU).",
    "They were allegedly gathering information in Lithuania and Latvia and handing it over to the GRU in exchange for money.",
    "The Belarusian GRU representatives were interested in information on military equipment and weapons belonging to the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the National Defence Volunteer Forces, the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, and NATO troops deployed in Lithuania.",
    "Both defendants are currently under arrest. If convicted, they face imprisonment for up to 15 years."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Criminal case transferred to court alleging espionage for Belarus by two Lithuanians.",
            "Activities included gathering details on Lithuanian and Latvian military and strategic sites, and passing information to Belarusian GRU.",
            "GRU requested information on Lithuanian and NATO military, infrastructure, and Riflemen’s Union; efforts included identifying activists and potential recruits."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Two Lithuanians suspected of spying for Belarus",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_781_1763938199_b8ca58b3.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Belarusian infiltration via citizens.Two ??Lithuanians suspected of espionage for Belarus.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2505467/two-lithuanians-suspected-of-spying-for-belarus"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Two Lithuanian citizens are accused of espionage for Belarus, allegedly collecting military intelligence and sensitive details in Lithuania and Latvia for the Belarusian GRU.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2505467/two-lithuanians-suspected-of-spying-for-belarus"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LT",
  "Attack Type": "Espionage",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "6-Mar-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)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Belarusian infiltration via citizens.Two ??Lithuanians suspected of espionage for Belarus.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Two ??Lithuanians suspected of spying for ??Belarus",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2505467/two-lithuanians-suspected-of-spying-for-belarus",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}