Event 838

{
  "category": "Espionage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The report is directly attributed to Lithuania's State Security Department and disseminated by Latvia's reputable public broadcaster, LSM.",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Russia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Latvia's public media and security service report that Russian and Belarusian intelligence agencies planned violent attacks against the Belarusian community in Lithuania, according to Lithuania's State Security Department.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-04-23T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official statements from Lithuania's State Security Department cited in the article.",
    "Latvian public broadcaster (LSM) reporting based on security sources.",
    "Plans involved both organizing violent attacks against Belarusian community members and recording these acts for use in information operations."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Krievijas un Baltkrievijas izlūkdienesti plānoja vardarbīgus uzbrukumus baltkrievu kopienas pārstāvjiem Lietuvā, tiesiem paziņoja Lietuvas Valsts drošības departaments (VDD).",
    "\"Potenciālie uzbrucēji tika arī mudināti armēt un uzbrukt jebkuram viņu izvelētam personām no baltkrieviem, kā arī ierakstīt noziegšķās darbības video,\" norādīja Lietuvas dienests.",
    "Maksājumi šo vairākām desmitiem līdz tūkstošiem eiro, un parasti tie tiek veidoti, izmantojot kriptovalūtu."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Targeted Intelligence Plot",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official statements from Lithuania's State Security Department cited in the article.",
            "Latvian public broadcaster (LSM) reporting based on security sources.",
            "Plans involved both organizing violent attacks against Belarusian community members and recording these acts for use in information operations."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Drošības dienests: Krievijas un Baltkrievijas izlūkdienesti plānoja uzbrukumus baltkrievu kopienai Lietuvā",
  "location_text": "Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_838_1763940162_0d285825.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Attack planning by ??Russian and ??Belarusian services against Belarusian diaspora in ??Lithuania.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/arzemes/23.04.2025-drosibas-dienests-krievijas-un-baltkrievijas-izlukdienesti-planoja-uzbrukumus-baltkrievu-kopienai-lietuva.a596467/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian and Belarusian intelligence allegedly plotted attacks on the Belarusian community in Lithuania.",
  "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/arzemes/23.04.2025-drosibas-dienests-krievijas-un-baltkrievijas-izlukdienesti-planoja-uzbrukumus-baltkrievu-kopienai-lietuva.a596467/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LT",
  "Attack Type": "Targeted Intelligence Plot",
  "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": "23-Apr-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": "Attack planning by ??Russian and ??Belarusian services against Belarusian diaspora in ??Lithuania.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Russian and ??Belarusian intelligence planned attacks on Belarusian community in ??Lithuania.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/arzemes/23.04.2025-drosibas-dienests-krievijas-un-baltkrievijas-izlukdienesti-planoja-uzbrukumus-baltkrievu-kopienai-lietuva.a596467/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}