NATO ships set out to patrol Baltic after cable damaged
Two NATO naval vessels left Copenhagen to patrol the Baltic Sea on Monday, January 27, as part of the “Baltic Sentry" operation to help protect critical infrastructure following a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines were damaged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The vessels, the French 'Croix du Sud' and 'Luymes' from the Netherlands, left Copenhagen the day after an undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia was damaged in Sweden's exclusive economic zone, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said.
A Belgian naval officer taking part in “Baltic Sentry” said that the latest breach of cables highlighted the importance of the NATO mission in the area.
Swedish authorities boarded a Maltese-flagged ship seized in connection with the latest breach of cables running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to begin an investigation into the matter, the country's security police said on Monday.
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