Car of an Estonian journalist vandalised
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the vandalism of an Estonian journalist's car; Deutsche Welle reported that Estonia detained 10 people in a suspected sabotage plot. It codes the incident as vandalism, apparent goal intimidate politician / journalist, target journalist(s), location Estonia; the dataset dates it only to December 2023, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 December 2023
- Where
- Estonia, Estonia
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-28 06:42 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Deutsche Welle
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 06:42 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Car of an Estonian journalist vandalised", ev-20261028-0q2b, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261028-0q2b/