Event 653

{
  "attack_type": "Sabotage",
  "category": "Maritime",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Denmark",
  "description": "The Danish Navy is shadowing the Chinese cargo vessel Yi Peng 3 in the Kattegat near Denmark following allegations linking the ship to recent sabotage damage on two undersea fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea. The Yi Peng 3 was operating in proximity to the cables around the time they were damaged, and Danish naval vessels, including the patrol boat Rota and ocean patrol vessel Hvidbjørnen, are monitoring the vessel. German authorities have suggested sabotage as the cause of the cable damage, heightening suspicions. The Yi Peng 3 previously departed the Russian port of Ust-Luga and was scheduled to sail to Egypt. No official confirmation ties the cargo ship to the sabotage, but there is precedent for Chinese vessels being implicated in similar incidents in the region, such as the Newnew Polar Bear pipeline damage last year.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-11-20T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Denmark has confirmed it’s monitoring the Chinese cargo vessel Yi Peng 3 near the area of undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea.",
    "The Danish Defense stated: “We are present in the area near the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3. The Danish Defense currently has no further comments.”",
    "MarineTraffic shows Yi Peng 3 anchored in the Kattegat with the Danish patrol boat Rota alongside.",
    "Germany stated that the cable damage was most likely sabotage, with the Yi Peng 3 operating near the cables when the incidents occurred.",
    "The Yi Peng 3 was seen to slow down and drift near the cable locations, suggesting the possibility of involvement.",
    "The incident follows a precedent last year where a Chinese ship, Newnew Polar Bear, was found responsible for damaging the Balticconnector gas pipeline.",
    "The Yi Peng 3 departed from Ust-Luga, Russia, on Nov 15, heading towards Port Said, Egypt, and was detained by Danish naval forces in Danish territorial waters."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "evidence": [
          "Denmark has confirmed it’s monitoring the Chinese cargo vessel Yi Peng 3 near the area of undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea.",
          "The Danish Defense stated: “We are present in the area near the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3. The Danish Defense currently has no further comments.”",
          "MarineTraffic shows Yi Peng 3 anchored in the Kattegat with the Danish patrol boat Rota alongside.",
          "Germany stated that the cable damage was most likely sabotage, with the Yi Peng 3 operating near the cables when the incidents occurred.",
          "The Yi Peng 3 was seen to slow down and drift near the cable locations, suggesting the possibility of involvement.",
          "The incident follows a precedent last year where a Chinese ship, Newnew Polar Bear, was found responsible for damaging the Balticconnector gas pipeline.",
          "The Yi Peng 3 departed from Ust-Luga, Russia, on Nov 15, heading towards Port Said, Egypt, and was detained by Danish naval forces in Danish territorial waters."
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "location_text": "Kattegat Sea near Jutland, Denmark",
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      "url": "/media/event_653_1764371330_f72564b3.jpg"
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  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1.0,
  "url": "https://www.twz.com/news-features/danish-navy-shadows-chinese-cargo-ship-after-baltic-sea-cable-damage"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Sabotage - maritime cable",
  "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": "BSR",
  "Date": "20-Nov-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": "Naval standoff with detained Chinese vessel with ??Russian captain suspected in cable damage",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Danish Navy detains ship Yi Peng 3 suspected of damaging Baltic Sea cables",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.twz.com/news-features/danish-navy-shadows-chinese-cargo-ship-after-baltic-sea-cable-damage",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}