German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Tuesday said "nobody believes" that two broken telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea were "accidentally cut."
"We have to conclude, without knowing exactly who did it, that it is a hybrid action and we also have to assume — without knowing it — that it is sabotage," Pistorius told reporters in Brussels on the sidelines of a Council of the European Union meeting.
The Finnish network company Cinia said Monday it was investigating a broken undersea internet cable running between Santahamina near Helsinki and Rostock in Germany — in a submarine incident that sparked political alarm in Berlin and Helsinki.
The 1,173 kilometer-long cable follows a similar route to the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream gas pipelines, which exploded in September 2022 in an apparent act of sabotage.
Also speaking on the sidelines of the meeting in Brussels, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said: “We are now investigating what has happened. We have good capabilities through all of this to investigate what has happened and who has been there.”
Finland’s Europe Minister Joakim Strand called the incident "concerning."
"Our authorities together with the companies are proactively investigating the case. The telecommunications have been re-routed to back-up connections and practical impacts have been minimal. The cable of course will be repaired. It is too soon to speculate on any causes but of course this is concerning," he added.
The suspected case of sabotage comes as European foreign ministers, meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday, warned that Russia is “systematically attacking” Europe’s security architecture.
@PluckyLynxDemocrat8mos8MO
Russia is now severing the internet cables on which the US and Europe rely for global communications, two in one day.
Probably no coincidence that Musk has the "solution" via his starlink.
Naive western folks still has no idea what's coming.
@QuaintKingdomRepublican8mos8MO
Destroying infrastructure should be considered an act of war. Putin destroying communication ability that also benefits Musk almost sounds pre-planned.
@HarmoniousMandrillGreen8mos8MO
It’s mind blowing there are no consequences for this. At the very least, I would like to see Ukraine start sinking Russian ships in proximity to undersea cables. I don’t see any reason not to.
@92F64F8Centre-Right8mos8MO
NATO should respond symmetrically and just start destroying russian infrastructure and pretend that it wasn't them... Let's speak the language those russian m***f**s understand!
Let me guess it was the same ‘Russians’ that blew up Nord Stream.
You people have cried Russian for almost a decade now, nobody believes you outside of your little echo chamber.
@92F64F88mos8MO
Russian ships have been loitering in the area for over a month now you **** ing baffoon. Russian propaganda is to pathetic these days, Stalin would be ashamed
@RightsBagelsLibertarian8mos8MO
Hold the phone here, are there any verifiable links to reputable sources for this before we all go off spouting conspiracy theories. Postings with just photos and no actual Live Links make me very suspicious
@SolemnDemocraticGreen8mos8MO
Russia helping America gain leverage over Europe? You don't say.
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