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Nobody believes that these cables were accidentally severed,
Pistorius said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels
The Swedish armed forces and coast guard have picked up ship movements that coincide in time and space with the interruptions that occurred,
he told television TV4These kinds of breaks don't happen in these waters without an outside impact,
a Cinia spokesperson saidSituations like these must be assessed with the growing threat posed by Russia in our neighbourhood as a backdrop,
they said in a joint statementWe can confirm that the interruption to internet traffic was not caused by an equipment fault but by material damage to the fibre optic cable,
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We know that Russia has [the] capability and willingness to do sabotage in Europe,
Häkkänen told POLITICO
NATO and [the] EU have to do a lot more to protect this critical infrastructure,
Häkkänen told POLITICO following the EU Foreign Affairs Council (defense format) in Brussels, addingThese undersea cables are quite likely the most difficult parts of our societies to protect when they are under international waters, at the seabed. So that’s why this is so difficult for Western countries,
he said
If Russia does not stop committing acts of sabotage in Europe, Warsaw will close the rest of its consulates in Poland,
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski reportedly added
A data cable between Finland and Germany was damaged and service [was] cut off. Swedish authorities are investigating as the site is in Swedish waters,
a senior European official told Fox NewsTo live up to this historic challenge, we are determined to stand united with our European and transatlantic partners to think and act big on European security,
that statement also saidWe see increasing activity of especially Russia on our seas, aimed at espionage and possibly even sabotage of our vital infrastructure.”
While Dutch Defence Minister
It’s not a partial damage, it’s full damage,
said a spokesperson for Arelion, the owner and operator of the cable linking Lithuania and SwedenWe can confirm that one of our subsea fiber cables — the one between Gotland, Sweden and Šventoji, Lithuania — is damaged. The issue was detected on November 17, and we currently do not know what caused it as we have not been able to examine the cable,
Arelion spokesperson Martin Sjögren told CBS News
We can only speculate on what has happened, but as far as we see, it is not affected by equipment failure and we presume it's physical damage,
he told CBS News over the phone on TuesdayArelion is in contact with Swedish authorities and the Swedish Armed Forces regarding the incident. The cable will be repaired over the next few weeks depending on weather conditions,
he saidSafeguarding our shared critical infrastructure is vital to our security and the resilience of our societies".
Without explicitly naming Russia, the statement referenced "hybrid warfare by malicious actors" and added
At the moment, there is no way to assess the cause of the cable break, but such breaks without external impact do not happen in these waters,
Mr Knaapila saidWe have to conclude, without knowing exactly who did it, that it is a hybrid action and we also have to assume — without knowing it — that it is sabotage,
Pistorius told reporters in Brussels on the sidelines of a Council of the European Union meetingOur European security is not only under threat from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors,
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