Dutch Say Maritime Infrastructure Faces Russian Sabotage Threat
A wind farm in the North Sea off the coast of Ijmuiden, Netherlands.
Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
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Dutch internet cables, gas pipelines and wind farms in the North Sea are vulnerable to sabotage by Russia, according to an intelligence report.
Russia has covertly mapped the Dutch infrastructure in the North Sea and “undertakes activities that indicate espionage and preparatory actions for disruption and sabotage,” the intelligence agencies of the Netherlands said in a report on Monday.