Event 701

{
  "attack_type": "Sabotage",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR"
  ],
  "category": "Sabotage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Post cites anonymous intelligence via WSJ, not official government statements. Details are indirect but widely shared in open sources.",
  "countries": [
    "Sweden",
    "China",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Sweden",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Anonymous intelligence sources claim the Chinese captain of Yi Peng 3, which cut an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, received instructions from Russian intelligence. China has ordered the ship to drop anchor and is cooperating with the investigation, but has not yet allowed investigators to board the ship.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-12-15T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "WSJ cited by @P_Kallioniemi: Allegation that Russian intelligence instructed the Chinese captain to cut Baltic Sea cables.",
    "China has ordered the ship to drop anchor and is cooperating but not allowing boarding."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Investigators say they believe that its Chinese captain was induced by Russian intelligence to cut the cables with the ship’s anchor.",
    "China is cooperating with the investigation, according to Chinese and European officials, and has ordered the ship to drop anchor. But Beijing hasn’t yet allowed investigators to board the ship and question its crew.",
    "Per WSJ, anonymous intelligence sources claim that the Chinese captain of Yi Peng 3, the ship that cut the underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, received instructions directly from Russian intelligence."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "WSJ cited by @P_Kallioniemi: Allegation that Russian intelligence instructed the Chinese captain to cut Baltic Sea cables.",
            "China has ordered the ship to drop anchor and is cooperating but not allowing boarding."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "Chinese ship captain allegedly instructed by ??Russian intelligence to cut Baltic Sea underwater cable. WSF archived.",
  "headline": "WSJ: Chinese ship captain allegedly received Russian instructions to cut Baltic Sea cable",
  "location_text": "Baltic Sea",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_701_1763935537_b6413b61.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Chinese ship captain allegedly instructed by ??Russian intelligence to cut Baltic Sea underwater cable. WSF archived.",
  "primary_ref_links": [
    "https://archive.ph/1YmhR"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1868264778663436604",
    "https://archive.ph/1YmhR"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 allegedly cut underwater Baltic Sea cable following instructions from Russian intelligence. China is cooperating but has not allowed boarding.",
  "url": "https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1868264778663436604"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "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": "BSR",
  "Date": "15-Dec-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)": "https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1868264778663436604 and https://archive.ph/1YmhR",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "Chinese ship captain allegedly instructed by ??Russian intelligence to cut Baltic Sea underwater cable. WSF archived.",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Chinese ship captain allegedly instructed by ??Russian intelligence to cut Baltic Sea underwater cable. WSF archived.",
  "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)": ""
}