Monument to Lithuanian partisan leader defaced with paint in Merkine
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records that a monument to Lithuanian partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas in Merkine was defaced with paint; Delfi reported that Latvian authorities detained a suspect. It codes the incident as vandalism, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location Lithuania; the dataset dates it only to January 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 January 2024
- Where
- Merkine, Lithuania
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Delfi
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Monument to Lithuanian partisan leader defaced with paint in Merkine", ev-20261027-hzfr, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-hzfr/