Event 900

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple direct references to the EU ministerial action, motivations behind the Russian tanker fleet, environmental and sanctions concerns provide high-confidence support for coordinated maritime monitoring actions targeting Russian shadow fleet operations in the Baltic Sea.",
  "countries": [
    "European Union",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Baltic Sea Region",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/18/eu-foreign-ministers-call-for-coordinated-action-on-russian-shadow-fleet-in-baltic-sea"
    ],
    "title": "EU foreign ministers issue call for coordinated response to ??Russian shadow fleet threat"
  },
  "description": "EU foreign ministers have called for coordinated action against Russia's so-called 'shadow fleet' of oil tankers operating in the Baltic Sea, which are suspected of using flags of convenience to evade sanctions and facilitate Russian oil exports. The ministers raised concerns over the environmental risks and sanctions evasion posed by these vessels.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-05-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline: 'EU ministers call for coordinated action on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in Baltic Sea'",
    "Direct reference to Tallinn meeting and ministerial coordination on Russian tanker activity",
    "Details of shadow fleet tanker characteristics and sanction evasion tactics"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Fleet of tankers sailing under flags of convenience estimated to carry up to 85% of Russia’s oil exports",
    "EU foreign ministers meeting in Tallinn on Sunday ... called for coordinated action to prevent the operation of a shadow fleet of Russian oil tankers",
    "Concerns have grown that the use of this shadow fleet increases the risk of environmental disaster in the Baltic",
    "The purpose of the shadow fleet is both to evade western sanctions and to move Russian oil using tankers with obscure or untraceable ownership",
    "The shadow fleet is thought to carry as much as 85% of Russia’s seaborne exports"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline: 'EU ministers call for coordinated action on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in Baltic Sea'",
            "Direct reference to Tallinn meeting and ministerial coordination on Russian tanker activity",
            "Details of shadow fleet tanker characteristics and sanction evasion tactics"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "EU ministers call for coordinated action on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in Baltic Sea",
  "location_text": "Baltic Sea",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_900_1763942148_9ef83714.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "European leaders united in demanding greater enforcement of maritime laws to counter ??Russia s ghost fleet.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/18/eu-foreign-ministers-call-for-coordinated-action-on-russian-shadow-fleet-in-baltic-sea"
  ],
  "summary_short": "EU ministers voice concern and urge action against Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers in the Baltic Sea, citing sanction evasion and maritime safety risks.",
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/18/eu-foreign-ministers-call-for-coordinated-action-on-russian-shadow-fleet-in-baltic-sea"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "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": "18-May-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "EU foreign ministers issue call for coordinated response to ??Russian shadow fleet threat",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/18/eu-foreign-ministers-call-for-coordinated-action-on-russian-shadow-fleet-in-baltic-sea",
  "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": "European leaders united in demanding greater enforcement of maritime laws to counter ??Russia s ghost fleet.",
  "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)": ""
}