Event 844

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Information is sourced directly from the official Estonian public broadcaster ERR. Screenshot confirms article headline, date, and government approval details.",
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://news.err.ee/1609673648/government-grants-permission-for-oil-shale-military-explosives-factory"
    ],
    "title": "??Estonian gov approves oil shale explosives plant."
  },
  "description": "The Estonian government has granted permission for the construction of a military explosives factory that will utilize oil shale as feedstock, marking a significant move to boost domestic defense production capacity. The factory is expected to be established within the next few months.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-04-25T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline and decision date visible in screenshot.",
    "Direct quotes from main article text."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "A factory producing military explosives from oil shale will be established in Estonia in the coming months, after the government tasked the Minister of Finance with the job.",
    "The government granted approval to proceed with the construction of an explosives plant using oil shale feedstock for military use."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609673648/government-grants-permission-for-oil-shale-military-explosives-factory"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline and decision date visible in screenshot.",
            "Direct quotes from main article text."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Government grants permission for oil shale military explosives factory",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_844_1763940350_067f622a.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Approval of new explosives factory highlights ??Estonia s defense industrial development.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609673648/government-grants-permission-for-oil-shale-military-explosives-factory"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Estonia approved the establishment of a military explosives factory using oil shale, part of broader defense industrial expansion.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609673648/government-grants-permission-for-oil-shale-military-explosives-factory"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE",
  "Date": "25-Apr-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Estonian gov approves oil shale explosives plant.",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609673648/government-grants-permission-for-oil-shale-military-explosives-factory",
  "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": "Approval of new explosives factory highlights ??Estonia s defense industrial development.",
  "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)": ""
}