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Cables cut and surveillance poles damaged on Latvian Estern Border.
On 24 September 2026, Latvia’s State Border Guard reported that the construction of smart surveillance infrastructure along the country’s eastern border with Russia and Belarus had continued despite deliberate damage to the infrastructure and recent storms. The authorities said cables had been intentionally cut and surveillance poles and distribution cabinets deliberately damaged, describing these acts as targeted efforts to disrupt border-monitoring technology; the article refers to such actions as being supported by “aggressor-state” actors and neighboring regimes. The damage was repaired while construction continued, with 81.7 km of the Latvia–Belarus border already equipped with modern technology and further work progressing along the Latvia–Russia border.
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- RRussian actor link0/4 · Not assessed
- SRussian state responsibility0/4 · Not assessed
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- 2026-09-23T22:50:23Z
On 24 September 2026, Latvia’s State Border Guard reported that the construction of smart surveillance infrastructure along the country’s eastern border with Russia and Belarus had continued despite deliberate damage to the infrastructure and recent storms. The authorities said cables had been intentionally cut and surveillance poles and distribution cabinets deliberately damaged, describing these acts as targeted efforts to disrupt border-monitoring technology; the article refers to such actions as being supported by “aggressor-state” actors and neighboring regimes. The damage was repaired while construction continued, with 81.7 km of the Latvia–Belarus border already equipped with modern technology and further work progressing along the Latvia–Russia border.