Event 719

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Estonia",
    "EE",
    "FI",
    "BSR"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Undersea",
    "Sabotage"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The operational and investigative details are corroborated by multiple direct statements within the article and supporting images. The cause — an anchor dragged by a Chinese ship — is supported by investigative findings and public reporting.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Estonia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "The Baltic gas pipeline connecting Inkoo, Finland and Paldiski, Estonia, known as the Balticconnector, has resumed operation following a €40 million repair. The pipeline was severed in October 2023, with investigations pointing to a Chinese ship bound for St. Petersburg having dragged its anchor along the seabed, causing the rupture.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-12-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline, article body, and chart identify the Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia as the asset involved.",
    "Citations to the initial rupture, subsequent investigations, and identification of a Chinese ship as the likely cause.",
    "Photo evidence of the damaged pipeline component shown in the article.",
    "Explicit statements regarding operational status and repair cost."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The gas pipeline between Inkoo, Finland and Paldiski, Estonia, was severed last October. The likely culprit was a Chinese ship bound for St. Petersburg, which dragged its anchor along the seabed.",
    "Chinese ship arrived in St Petersburg without anchor",
    "In February officials from the Chinese embassy in Moscow's St. Petersburg Consulate told investigators that the ship should follow instructions and submit to checks once it returned to China, but that it would be permitted to unload its cargo in between in Russia and China.",
    "Balticconnector pipeline repair cost €40m"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline, article body, and chart identify the Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia as the asset involved.",
            "Citations to the initial rupture, subsequent investigations, and identification of a Chinese ship as the likely cause.",
            "Photo evidence of the damaged pipeline component shown in the article.",
            "Explicit statements regarding operational status and repair cost."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Finland",
      "notes": "Pipeline repaired and back in service after investigation.",
      "status": "Update"
    },
    {
      "country": "Estonia",
      "notes": "Pipeline repaired and back in service after investigation.",
      "status": "Update"
    }
  ],
  "follow_up_notes": "Balticconnector gas pipeline financial damage assessed. Published report.",
  "headline": "Baltic gas pipeline ruptured by Chinese ship back in service after €40m repair job",
  "is_continuous": false,
  "location_text": "Between Inkoo, Finland and Paldiski, Estonia (Balticconnector pipeline, Baltic Sea)",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_719_1763936177_47203e56.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Anchor drag confirmed cause; costs now evaluated. Balticconnector gas pipeline financial damage assessed. Published report.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20084948"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia, ruptured in October 2023 presumably by a Chinese ship's anchor, is operational again after extensive repairs.",
  "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20084948"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "EE FI BSR",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "27-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://yle.fi/a/74-20084948",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "Balticconnector gas pipeline financial damage assessed. Published report.",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Anchor drag confirmed cause; costs now evaluated. Balticconnector gas pipeline financial damage assessed. Published report.",
  "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)": ""
}