On March 12, 2024, claims emerged denouncing Belarusian border guards for spreading false narratives about migrants at the Belarus-Latvia border.

Cyber & Information WarfareInformation OperationsPropaganda & disinformation campaigns

Aggressor

Summary

A Twitter post dated March 12, 2024, by a Latvian-affiliated user criticized Belarusian border guards for spreading fabricated stories about migrants on the Belarus-Latvia border. The user highlights discrepancies such as migrants reportedly wandering naked in cold March weather and a Syrian citizen speaking fluent Russian, which they find suspicious. The post suggests that Belarus is manipulating migrant-related information possibly to undermine Latvia by portraying migrants in a false light and questions the motives behind migrants moving towards Latvia despite Belarus supposedly being favorable to them. This is consistent with Belarusian hybrid tactics involving propaganda to destabilize Baltic border security narratives.

Classification

Confidence: High

The event directly describes Belarusian border guards spreading disinformation about migrants on the border, aligning with hybrid warfare provocative propaganda targeting Latvia, a NATO member, thus classifying as aggressor activity. No defensive or preparatory actions by Latvia or allies are described.

Source URL

https://x.com/i/web/status/1767447083890376795

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: csv-import
Submitted: Feb 1, 2026, 00:14 UTC
Last updated: Nov 4, 2026, 08:35 UTC
Event time: Mar 12, 2024, 12:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: ModerateAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: UnknownLocation: Approximate

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Mar 12, 2024, 12:00 UTC

Event time confidence

unknown

Location

Belarus-Latvia border area

Primary actor

Belarusian border guards

Country

Latvia

Tags

Belarus, Latvia, migration crisis, border propaganda, disinformation, hybrid warfare

Nodes

Node 1: Borders, Node 2: 5th Column

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