“NATO will increase military presence in the Baltic Sea due to damage to submarine cables – Secretary General Rutte December 27, 14:35 Share: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (Photo: REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte after a series of incidents with damage to submarine cables in the Baltic Sea said that the North Atlantic Alliance would increase its presence in the area. Kh Rutte published the corresponding post on the social network on December 27 after”, — write on: ua.news
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (Photo: REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, after a series of incidents with damage to underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, said that the North Atlantic Alliance will strengthen its presence in the area.
X Rutte published the corresponding post on the social network on December 27 after a conversation with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb.
The NATO Secretary General said that he discussed with the Finnish president the course of the investigation, which is ongoing under the leadership of Finland, into possible sabotage with underwater cables.
“I expressed (to the President of Finland — ed.) his full solidarity and support. NATO will strengthen its military presence in the Baltic Sea,” Rütte concluded.
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Cable damage in the Baltic Sea — what is known
On November 18, the technical director of the Lithuanian telecommunications company Telia Andryus Šemeshkevičius reported that the underwater cable between Lithuania and Sweden, which runs in the Baltic Sea, was damaged.
Soon the Finnish authorities reported damage to the second submarine cable that runs across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany.
Finnish state-owned data service provider Cinia reported the discovery “fault” in the C-Lion1 cable. It stretches almost 1,200 kilometers from the capital of Finland, Helsinki, to the German port city of Rostock.
On November 19, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 was passing near two damaged communication cables in the Baltic Sea around the time the damage was discovered there.
CNN reported that the incidents came weeks after the United States warned of increased Russian military activity around key submarine cables.
On November 27, The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators believe that the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 may have deliberately dragged its anchor on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, possibly causing damage to two submarine communication cables between Finland, Lithuania and Germany.
On December 25, the power supply between Finland and Estonia was interrupted due to the shutdown of the underwater cable Estlink 2, and the energy industry did not reject the act of vandalism.
On the same day, the companies Elisa Eesti AS and CITIC Telecom CPC reported to the Estonian Department of Consumer Rights Protection and Technical Supervision about failures in the work of three more sea communication cables between Estonia and Finland.