German Defense Chief Sees Baltic Cable Breaches as Sabotage
- Two subsea data links were damaged in Baltic Sea since weekend
- Swedish police is probing one of incidents as deliberate
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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said damage to two undersea data cables in the Baltic Sea has to be investigated as an act of sabotage, pointing to Russia as posing a hybrid and military threat to the European Union.
A high-speed data cable connecting Finland and Germany was cut early Monday by what was likely an external impact, according to Finnish authorities. That incident and damage to a nearby link between Lithuania and Sweden, uncovered Sunday, are being probed by Swedish police as possible sabotage. So far, no evidence of Russia’s involvement has been provided.