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Four different telecommunications cables between Finland and Estonia and between Finland and Germany have been additionally broken.
“We’ve determined to ship our navy near Estlink 1 to defend and safe our vitality reference to Finland,” Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur mentioned in a publish on X.
Speaking on a morning native radio present, Pevkur mentioned he had proposed a joint patrol with Finland.
“Not simply with Finland, however with all of our allies, actually. The Finns are discussing this at this time, and I consider they are going to be a part of us. Additionally, we agreed yesterday that NATO will interact on a army degree,” he mentioned.
The damaging of Estlink 2 is the most recent incident within the Baltic Sea involving the breaking of undersea infrastructure.
“Three circumstances in a single yr can’t be a coincidence,” Finnish President Alexander Stubb mentioned in a press convention on Friday.
Stubb mentioned that NATO’s presence within the space have to be elevated.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte mentioned he had spoken to each Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.
“#NATO will improve its army presence within the Baltic Sea,” he mentioned in a publish on X.
The EU’s international coverage chief Kaja Kallas mentioned that Russia’s shadow fleet “threatens safety and the surroundings, whereas funding Russia’s conflict finances.”
“We will suggest additional measures, together with sanctions, to focus on this fleet,” she added on X, calling for the strengthening of cooperation in defending undersea cables.
