Event 855

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LV-RU"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Screenshot of verified post from a high-profile user, timestamped and citing public defense discussions.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Finland"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://x.com/Pabriks/status/1918937530889543879"
    ],
    "title": "Offer of 1000 radar-equipped windmills on eastern border"
  },
  "description": "A proposal was also made to the Latvian Ministry of Defence regarding the construction of over 1,000 windmills equipped with radar technology on the eastern border. The initiative is discussed in the context of defense preparations along the Finnish and Baltic frontiers.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-05-04T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot of the X post showing the timestamp and detailed content about border windmill-radar proposal."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Šāds piedāvājums tika izteikts arī AM Latvijā.",
    "Now the idea has turned 180 degrees. Now they want a wall of over 1,000 windmills on the eastern border, the mills will be equipped with the latest radar technology."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot of the X post showing the timestamp and detailed content about border windmill-radar proposal."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Proposal to equip Latvian eastern border with radar-enabled windmills",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_855_1763940696_bc94f1ef.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Finnish border windfarm may be used for defense by integrating radar systems.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/Pabriks/status/1918937530889543879"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvia's Defence Ministry received a proposal to install more than 1,000 windmills with radar on the eastern border, mirroring discussion in Finland.",
  "url": "https://x.com/Pabriks/status/1918937530889543879"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "4-May-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Offer of 1000 radar-equipped windmills on eastern border",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/Pabriks/status/1918937530889543879",
  "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": "??Finnish border windfarm may be used for defense by integrating radar systems.",
  "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)": ""
}