Event 851

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LV-LT-PL-BY-RU"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The headline, repeated key quotes, and context from the visible screenshot all directly reference official Polish statements and planned defensive actions related to the announced exercises; the precise border region context and ministry attributions strengthen veracity.",
  "countries": [
    "Poland",
    "Belarus",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/poland-promises-appropriate-response-to-russian-military-exercises-in-belarus/"
    ],
    "notes": "Includes references to NATO 'Dragon-25' exercise and enhanced national defense spending.",
    "title": "Poland responds to Russian-Belarusian military exercises with own military/NATO measures"
  },
  "description": "Poland's defense ministry has announced it will respond in an 'appropriate manner' to upcoming joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises in Belarus, which are considered by Poland and NATO to be hostile provocations near NATO's eastern flank.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-04-30T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official Polish defense ministry announcement of response to Russian-Belarusian exercises",
    "Details of NATO and national drills (including Dragon-25) provided as evidence of defense preparations",
    "Direct citation of Polish officials (including Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk)"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Poland’s defence ministry has announced that the country and its allies will respond in an “appropriate manner” to upcoming large-scale Russian-Belarusian military exercises in Belarus that are viewed as hostile on the Polish and NATO eastern flank.",
    "'We will respond to these exercises both at the Polish military and NATO levels.'",
    "The Shoigu-led Defender of Fatherland 2025 exercises mentioned by Tomczyk are NATO’s largest since the Cold War, involving over 90,000 troops.",
    "Part of them will be conducted in northern Poland under a drill codenamed Dragon-25.",
    "Poland’s defence budget this year will reach or exceed 4% of GDP."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/poland-promises-appropriate-response-to-russian-military-exercises-in-belarus/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official Polish defense ministry announcement of response to Russian-Belarusian exercises",
            "Details of NATO and national drills (including Dragon-25) provided as evidence of defense preparations",
            "Direct citation of Polish officials (including Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk)"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "??Poland warns of response to ??Russian military drills in ??Belarus. ZPAD-2025",
  "headline": "Poland promises 'appropriate response' to Russian military exercises in Belarus",
  "location_text": "Belarus (border area near Poland)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_851_1763940575_1eca67c0.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Poland vows an  appropriate response  to ????Russian military exercises near its eastern border. ZAPAD-2025.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/poland-promises-appropriate-response-to-russian-military-exercises-in-belarus/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Poland vows to take countermeasures after Russia and Belarus announced new military maneuvers near its border.",
  "url": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/poland-promises-appropriate-response-to-russian-military-exercises-in-belarus/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV-LT-PL-BY-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "30-Apr-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/poland-promises-appropriate-response-to-russian-military-exercises-in-belarus/",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/04/30/poland-promises-appropriate-response-to-russian-military-exercises-in-belarus/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Poland warns of response to ??Russian military drills in ??Belarus. ZPAD-2025",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Poland vows an  appropriate response  to ????Russian military exercises near its eastern border. ZAPAD-2025.",
  "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)": ""
}