NATO and its eight Baltic Sea allies are increasing efforts to prevent sabotage after a series of incidents damaged critical undersea power and telecommunications cables. Finnish authorities seized a Russian oil tanker suspected of being involved in cutting a power cable connecting Finland to Estonia. While no one has directly blamed Russia or China, officials are concerned about the potential for further attacks on vital infrastructure in the region.
NATO and its eight Baltic Sea allies say they are stepping up efforts to deter 'any attempts at sabotage' in the wake of a series of incidents that have damaged key undersea power and telecommunications cables.An Estonian naval ship sails in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Jan. 9, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables .
When announcing the Baltic Sentry initiative, NATO's Baltic Sea allies stopped short of directly attributing responsibility for the spate of incidents affecting undersea infrastructure. Finland's Customs Service believes the tanker seized in December is a part of this same shadow fleet. Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia's foreign ministry, recently accused NATO of using what she called "myths" to beef up the alliance's presence in the Baltic Sea.
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