NATO increasingly presence in the Baltic Sea according to cable damage

NATO increasingly presence in the Baltic Sea according to cable damage

in Helsinki, Finland, NATO announced on Friday that it would strengthen her presence in the Baltic Sea. This happens after the suspicion of sabotage of a Unterseeiische Stromkabels this week. Estonia, one of the member countries of the Allianz, started a naval operation to protect a parallel power connection.

Investigations and NATO support

On Thursday, Finland had a Schiff , which transported Russian oil, the interruption, the interruption, the interruption To have caused the Estlink 2-cable that connects Finland with Estonia, as well as several fiber optic lines. On Friday Finland asked NATO for support.

high alert will in the Baltic Sea region

The residents of the Baltic Sea are on alert due to a number of disorders in power cables, telecommunications and gas pipelines since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It is also assumed that underwater systems can be affected by malfunctions or accidents, but incidents increase the concerns about potential sabotage files.

explanations of government representatives

"We agreed with Estonia and also informed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that we would like a stronger NATO presence," said Finnish President Alexander Stubb at a press conference. Rutte confirmed in a social network that he had discussed the Finnish investigation and that NATO would strengthen its military presence in the Baltic Sea.

monitoring and reports from Estonia

The Swedish coast guard announced in a message that it has reinforced the monitoring of shipping traffic to protect critical submarines. This is done by using aircraft and ships in coordination with the Swedish navy and other countries.

reactions from Russia

The Kremlin was calm about Finland's confiscation of the ship on Friday with the Russian oil. In the past, Russia has always attended a participation in incidents in the Baltic Sea. Estonia informed that his navy was deployed to protect the still functional Estlink 1 cable.

Frequent damage to underwater infrastructures

"If there is a threat to the critical submarine infrastructure in our region, there will also be a reaction," said Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. He pointed out that damage to underwater systems in the region now indicated so often that it is difficult to consider them all as accidents or bad Seamans hip. The incidents illustrate the need to update the outdated lake law in order to prohibit specifically damage to undersee -based infrastructures.

technical details on the disorder

The failure of the Estlink 2 with an output of 658 megawatts (MW) entered operating on Wednesday at noon, whereby only the 358 MW Estlink 1 cable between Finland and Estonia was in operation, according to the operators of the power grids of the two countries. The Finnish investigators suspect that the confiscated ship - a ship, which is driving under the flag of the cook islands named Eagle S - could have caused the damage by pulling its anchor over the sea floor, which has already resulted in several similar incidents in recent years.

examinations and possible backgrounds

President Stubb emphasized that it was necessary to stop the Eagle S to prevent further damage. "If it had continued to drive with his anchor on the sea floor, more damage would have occurred," said Stubb. Finnish customs assumes that the ship is part of a so -called shadow fleet of aging tankers who try to avoid sanctions in connection with the sale of Russian oil.

long -term effects and increase in electricity prices

The operators of the power grids in Finland and Estonia expect the repairs of the Estlink to take 2 months, with an estimated re -commissioning on August 1, 2025. However, the disruption could lead to higher electricity prices in the winter months, but the planned decoupling of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from the Soviet power grid with Russia and Belarus in February prevent.

further investigations

lithuania announced that after the incident, his navy has strengthened surveillance and patrols in the Baltic Sea. The Swedish police also continue to investigate the incident in the last month, in which two Baltic Sea were damaged and a Chinese ship came from Russia was named as a possible culprit. The Finnish and Estonian police carry out an investigation separately in relation to the damage to the BalticConnector gas pipeline and several telecommunications cables, in which another Chinese ship is called.