Event 612

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "EE"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "High confidence due to direct reporting by national broadcaster ERR and quotes from officials on official plans and rationale.",
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://news.err.ee/1609497535/estonia-s-ppa-to-trial-floating-border-infrastructure"
    ],
    "notes": "The PPA is responding to increased risks of illegal crossings over waterways, as well as prior incidents with border buoys.",
    "title": "Trial of floating border infrastructure by Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board"
  },
  "description": "Estonia's Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) announced plans to trial floating border infrastructure to address areas where illegal crossings over transboundary waters are most likely. The test aims to assess the suitability of such infrastructure in Estonian conditions.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "ERR reports PPA will trial floating barriers in border waters prone to illegal crossings.",
    "Article context aligns with recent border tensions and illegal crossing attempts.",
    "Official quoted: floating infrastructure 'is needed mainly in areas where it is easier to illegally cross transboundary bodies of water.'"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"According to the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), floating border infrastructure is needed mainly in areas where it is easier to illegally cross transboundary bodies of water.\"",
    "\"The PPA plans on testing how well such infrastructure would hold up in Estonian conditions.\""
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609497535/estonia-s-ppa-to-trial-floating-border-infrastructure"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "ERR reports PPA will trial floating barriers in border waters prone to illegal crossings.",
            "Article context aligns with recent border tensions and illegal crossing attempts.",
            "Official quoted: floating infrastructure 'is needed mainly in areas where it is easier to illegally cross transboundary bodies of water.'"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Estonia's PPA to trial floating border infrastructure",
  "location_text": "Estonia eastern border; transboundary water bodies",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_612_1763932728_a85ed76e.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Floating ??Estonian borders.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609497535/estonia-s-ppa-to-trial-floating-border-infrastructure"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Estonia is initiating a trial of floating barriers to prevent illegal border crossings via water.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609497535/estonia-s-ppa-to-trial-floating-border-infrastructure"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "EE",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE",
  "Date": "20-Oct-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Floating ??Estonian borders. Estonia's PPA to trial floating border infrastructure. ",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609497535/estonia-s-ppa-to-trial-floating-border-infrastructure",
  "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": "Floating ??Estonian borders. ",
  "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)": ""
}