Event 37

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia",
    "Fi-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple authentic eyewitness videos, clear timeline, maps, and attribution to Finnish and international authorities. Strong visual and narrative corroboration.",
  "continuous_since": "2023-11-01T12:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "Coordinated crossings of Russian citizens into Finland, bypassing official controls, have been reported repeatedly through November 2023. Operational patterns suggest ongoing or increasing pressure.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Reports and videos detail Russian citizens, often guided by unofficial actors, crossing the Finnish-Russian border on bicycles and on foot, bypassing official border crossings. The events are concentrated at the southeast border area and highlight a possible hybrid operation, increasing pressure at the EU/NATO external border.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-11-19T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Visuals in the screenshot show Russian citizens crossing the snowy border roads with bicycles, sometimes in groups, near the Nuijamaa border crossing.",
    "Map evidence highlights the southeast border locality.",
    "Finnish authorities referenced regarding coordinated movements."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "On the past few weeks, Russian border authorities have guided unofficial actors to Finnish borders, including bike patrol leaders, riding with individuals on bikes and on foot to cross.",
    "The main route as detailed by Finnish authorities: these people cross by bike to the Nuijamaa crossing in the Southeast and enter Finland.",
    "In another video, you see bikes being assembled, fences removed.",
    "This is not a natural flow: these border-directed movements are strictly coordinated, even involving removal of barriers towards the border, according to media."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migration",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Visuals in the screenshot show Russian citizens crossing the snowy border roads with bicycles, sometimes in groups, near the Nuijamaa border crossing.",
            "Map evidence highlights the southeast border locality.",
            "Finnish authorities referenced regarding coordinated movements."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Finland",
      "notes": "Finnish authorities are monitoring and responding to the hybrid threat.",
      "status": "Investigation"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Recent Developments in Finland",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Finnish-Russian border, Southeast Finland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_37_1763913999_dcda817e.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Migrants",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1726349169869377855.html"
  ],
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1726349169869377855.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migration",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "Fi-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "19-Nov-23",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "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": "Migrants",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Over the past few days, Russia has sent an increasing number of migrants to Finland's borders. Finland has closed several border crossing points due to the authorities' threat assessment. A video surfaced of the Russian operation. 1/  see thread with videos",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": " https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1726349169869377855.html ",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}