Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius stated that the damage to the undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea is a clear instance of sabotage. He emphasized, 'No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally.' Pistorius expressed skepticism about explanations suggesting the cables were damaged by anchors, labeling this incident as a 'hybrid' action requiring a response.
The incident recalls prior alarming occurrences in the same region, where similar undersea infrastructures faced misconduct. The minister linked these recent events to previous damaging activities, saying, '...authorities have examined as potentially malicious, including damage to a gas pipeline and undersea cables last year and the 2022 explosions of the Nord Sea gas pipelines.'
The cables affected include a critical link of 745 miles from Helsinki to Rostock and a 135-mile internet connection between Lithuania and Sweden. These significant disruptions highlight the strategic importance of these undersea cables, as underlined by the urgency from both the Finnish state-controlled cybersecurity company Cinia and Lithuania's Telia Lietuva.
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