Undersea cables between Finland-Germany and Lithuania-Sweden were cut, potentially sabotaged.
NATO is enhancing surveillance and coordination to protect critical underwater infrastructure.
The damage to the cables, which European officials said appeared deliberate, highlights just how vulnerable these critical undersea lines are.
AdvertisementIn May this year, NATO held its first Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network meeting and launched its Maritime Centre for the Security of Critical Undersea Infrastructure to better coordinate the capabilities of its members and increase collaboration between them.
Yantar, one of GUGI's special-purpose spy vessels, which nominally acts as a survey vessel, has often been spotted near underwater cables.
Persons:
Yi Peng, Yi, Mikkel Berg Pedersen, Ritzau Scanpix, Boris Pistorius, Pistorius, Dmitry Peskov, Jens Stoltenberg, David Cattler, LPhot Kyle Heller, Cattler
Organizations:
NATO, Yi Peng, Steam, Danish Defence Command, European, Undersea, Network, Maritime Centre, Infrastructure, British Royal Navy, Russia, Directorate, Research
Locations:
Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia's Ust, Gulf, AFP, Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Norwegian, Norway, European Union, Russian, Denmark, Nordic