Event 387

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Poland",
    "Finland",
    "Norway",
    "Russia",
    "FI",
    "EE",
    "LV",
    "LT",
    "PL"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct quotes from government officials, specific border security measures, and clear country attribution in both the screenshot and extracted JSON meta-data provide strong support for the event.",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Poland",
    "Finland",
    "Norway",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://news.err.ee/1609352151/baltics-poland-finland-norway-to-set-up-drone-walls-with-russia"
    ],
    "notes": "The 'drone wall' involves multilayered drone surveillance and interdiction technology stretching across the states' eastern frontiers.",
    "title": "Drone wall agreement along borders with Russia"
  },
  "description": "Interior ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, and Norway announced plans to establish a 'drone wall' along their borders with Russia in order to detect and repel drones, aiming to strengthen border security against hybrid threats.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-25T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Announcement by government ministers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, and Norway on coordinated 'drone wall' border initiative with Russia.",
    "Specific technological measures to detect and repel drones, with coverage plans for major border sections and cities."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets (SDE) said Estonia would like to cover its entire eastern border with technology capable of detecting and repelling drones.",
    "The 'drone wall' is being created, ranging from Norway in the north to Poland in the south, including Finland and Baltic states.",
    "It is a common project through which we seek to use drones and other technologies to protect our borders.",
    "Major cities would also need to install this capability.",
    "This is to protect against illegal border crossings as well as to counter drones."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609352151/baltics-poland-finland-norway-to-set-up-drone-walls-with-russia"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Announcement by government ministers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, and Norway on coordinated 'drone wall' border initiative with Russia.",
            "Specific technological measures to detect and repel drones, with coverage plans for major border sections and cities."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Baltics, Poland, Finland, Norway to set up drone walls with Russia",
  "location_text": "Borders of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Norway with Russia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_387_1763925393_ad9416b3.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Drone wall agreed by Baltic states, ??PL, ??FI, NO",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609352151/baltics-poland-finland-norway-to-set-up-drone-walls-with-russia"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Six countries announce the creation of a contiguous 'drone wall' on their eastern borders, intended as a high-tech security measure against unauthorized drone incursions from Russia.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609352151/baltics-poland-finland-norway-to-set-up-drone-walls-with-russia"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI,EE,LV,LT,PL",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI;EE;LV;LT;PL",
  "Date": "25-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Drone wall agreed by Baltic states, ??PL, ??FI, NO",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609352151/baltics-poland-finland-norway-to-set-up-drone-walls-with-russia",
  "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": "Drone wall agreed by Baltic states, ??PL, ??FI, NO",
  "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)": ""
}