Event 71

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia",
    "FI-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Information comes from a social media account citing an external news source; post does not provide direct evidence, but context aligns with recent reports of border tensions and migrant manipulation.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Following Finland's closure of its border with Russia, it is reported that Russia is now telling migrants from the Middle East and Africa that if they sign up to fight in Ukraine, they will not be deported. This follows alleged herding of migrants toward Finland by Russia.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-12-07T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot image shows migrants and Finnish authorities at a border area, as referenced in the narrative.",
    "Timestamp of the post: 1:20 PM · Dec 7, 2023."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "With #Finland having closed its border, Putin's stuck with the masses of migrants he'd been herding towards Finland.",
    "Now Russia's said to be telling migrants from the Middle East and Africa, sign up to fight (die) in #Ukraine & we wont deport you."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot image shows migrants and Finnish authorities at a border area, as referenced in the narrative.",
            "Timestamp of the post: 1:20 PM · Dec 7, 2023."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "??Finland: Migrants With Border closed,  ??tells Migrants from the Middle East and Africa who can't cross the Border to fight in Ukraine or be Deported.",
  "headline": "Russia reportedly coerces migrants to fight in Ukraine after Finland border closure",
  "location_text": "Finland-Russia border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_71_1763915096_6ceb4fcf.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Weaponized migrants. ??Finland: Migrants With Border closed,",
  "primary_ref_links": [
    "https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-russian-opposition-leader-calling-for-ukraine-ceasefire-and-why-putin-may-be-letting-him-speak-freely-12541713?postid=6884439#liveblog-body"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/GlasnostGone/status/1732751835981635773",
    "https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-russian-opposition-leader-calling-for-ukraine-ceasefire-and-why-putin-may-be-letting-him-speak-freely-12541713?postid=6884439#liveblog-body"
  ],
  "summary_short": "After Finland closed its border, Russia is reportedly telling Middle Eastern and African migrants to fight in Ukraine to avoid deportation.",
  "url": "https://x.com/GlasnostGone/status/1732751835981635773"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "7-Dec-23",
  "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/GlasnostGone/status/1732751835981635773 and https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-russian-opposition-leader-calling-for-ukraine-ceasefire-and-why-putin-may-be-letting-him-speak-freely-12541713?postid=6884439#liveblog-body ",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Finland: Migrants With Border closed,  ??tells Migrants from the Middle East and Africa who can't cross the Border to fight in Ukraine or be Deported. ",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Weaponized migrants. ??Finland: Migrants With Border closed,",
  "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)": ""
}