Baltic Sea Cable Incidents Pile Up—Who Is To Blame?
In just three months, three incidents of damage to Baltic Sea underwater cables have taken place. While accidential cable slices are common, the cluster raises suspicion.
Baltic Sea Incidents Put Spotlight On Russia's 'Shadow' Fleet
An undersea data cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged early on January 26, the latest in a series of similar incidents in the Baltic Sea in which critical seabed energy and communications lines are believed to have been severed by ships traveling to or from Russian ports.
At Least 11 Baltic Cables Sabotaged in 15 Months: What to Know
There has been a sharp rise in damage to undersea cables in the Baltic, with at least 11 incidents reported since October 2023.
Suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage by Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ is ramping up regional defence
In the latest incident, on January 26, the Swedish coast guard boarded a ship in the Baltic Sea on suspicion of anchor dragging and suspected sabotage of vital undersea cables providing power and communication across the region.
Baltic Sea : Sweden seizes ship suspected of sabotage after another undersea cable damaged
Sweden has detained a ship suspected of damaging a new undersea cable in the Baltic Sea connecting the Scandinavian country to Latvia. Swedish authorities seized the vessel Michalis San, which was en route to Russia,
Saboteurs Suspected of Cutting Yet Another Baltic Sea Cable as Three Ex-Soviet Republics Move To Join Europe’s Electricity Grid
The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus.
Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Sabotaging Baltic Cables Detained
The Russian-crewed, Norwegian-owned ship Silver Dania is being searched in relation to damage to a fiber cable in the Baltic ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv destroys command post in Kursk after drone assault on Putin's oil refineries
Kyiv destroys command post in Kursk after drone assault on Putin's oil refineries - Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov says a ...
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‘It’s Our Backyard’: On Board a Lithuanian Patrol for Russian Hybrid Threats in the Baltic
Through Captain Arunas’ binoculars, visibility is close to zero: "One kilometer, no more." The thick fog hanging over the ...
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Norway seizes Russian-crewed ship over suspected cable damage
The incident is the latest in a series of cases of cables being damaged in the Baltic Sea, amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Lithuanian president backs Trump's NATO defense spending goal amid ongoing Russian threat
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says that any peace settlement in Ukraine must involve Kyiv and come with more defense ...
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Support for Ukraine, Baltic Sea protection: Scholz, Frederiksen talk countering Russian threats
German and Danish leaders, Olaf Scholz and Mette Frederiksen, discussed in Berlin assistance to Ukraine and countering hybrid ...
Exclusive: Baltic Sea shipping tax could pay for undersea cable protection, says Estonian minister
Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, in order to cover the ...
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect vital cables. Here's why and how
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine ...