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.
Henna Virkkunen, Vice President of the European Commission, warned that the EU should prepare for the worst-case scenario due to the Russian shadow fleet's destruction of infrastructure. Virkkunen and Szłapka participated in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg dedicated to "sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet,
The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.
NATO countries on the Baltic Sea met in Helsinki on Tuesday ... embargoed since the invasion of Ukraine. Addressing the European Parliament, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed on Monday the need to make clear that "such hostile actions" and ...
A series of Baltic undersea cable damage in recent months is likely to be a maritime accident, not a deliberate Russian sabotage.The Washington Post (WP)
Baltic NATO countries meeting in Helsinki on Tuesday vowed to boost patrol missions after several telecom and power cables were severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts and
The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months.
The Baltic Sea operation in the region bordering Russia comes as European fears of sabotage mount after a string of disruptions to underwater cables.
The European Union’s new digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, suggested the repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea couldn’t be fully accidental, as leaders from the region prepare to gather for a NATO summit devoted to the topic.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
NATO chief Mark Rutte has said the military alliance was launching a Baltic Sea monitoring mission following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in recent months.
An oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s efforts to evade sanctions went adrift and had to be towed by a German tugboat Friday in what Germany's foreign minister called a danger to security and tourism in the Baltic Sea.