Event 441

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR"
  ],
  "category": "Undersea",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The event is reported by ERR, Estonia's national public broadcaster, and contains a published timestamp and restoration update. The technical fault cause is described as non-malicious, but categorized as potential sabotage due to regional sensitivities and other recent cable incidents.",
  "countries": [
    "Estonia",
    "Finland",
    "Baltic Sea Region"
  ],
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A technical fault at an electricity station near Helsinki caused the Estlink 1 undersea electricity cable between Estonia and Finland to go offline temporarily. The problem has since been fixed and the cable restored to operation.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-07-04T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "ERR article headline and description directly reference both the cable and the technical fault, as well as the Estlink 1 connection being temporarily out of service."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "A technical fault at an electricity station in Espoo, near Helsinki, led to one of two electricity cables which connect Estonia and Finland going offline Saturday.",
    "The link has been restored."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Underwater Cable Sabotage",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "ERR article headline and description directly reference both the cable and the technical fault, as well as the Estlink 1 connection being temporarily out of service."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Technical fault puts Estonia-Finland Estlink 1 electricity cable out of action",
  "location_text": "Espoo, near Helsinki (Finland)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_441_1763927169_dd7c7244.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Both links failed in July, raising concerns over sabotage or attack readiness. Both ?? EstLink1 and EstLink2 ??Finland-Estonia energy cables suffered failures and outages",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609277028/technical-fault-puts-estonia-finland-estlink-1-electricity-cable-out-of-action"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Estlink 1 electricity cable between Estonia and Finland went offline due to a technical fault at a Finnish electricity station, but the issue was later resolved.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609277028/technical-fault-puts-estonia-finland-estlink-1-electricity-cable-out-of-action"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Underwater Cable Sabotage",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;FI;BSR",
  "Date": "4-Jul-24",
  "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": "Both links failed in July, raising concerns over sabotage or attack readiness. Both ?? EstLink1 and EstLink2 ??Finland-Estonia energy cables suffered failures and outages",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Both ?? EstLink1 and EstLink2 ??Finland-Estonia energy cables suffered failures and outages",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609277028/technical-fault-puts-estonia-finland-estlink-1-electricity-cable-out-of-action",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}