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Ukraine strikes Russian port with missiles, hits oil depot with drones: Report
1 week, 6 days ago

Ukraine strikes Russian port with missiles, hits oil depot with drones: Report

Firstpost  

The Druzhba oil pipeline, constructed during the Soviet era, transports oil from Western Siberian and Caspian Sea fields to European markets, while the Baltic Pipeline System carries oil to the Baltic Sea, with both passing through the Bryansk region FILE PHOTO: The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is pictured at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, …

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Sweden formally asks China to cooperate with investigations into undersea cables damage
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Sweden formally asks China to cooperate with investigations into undersea cables damage

The Independent  

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Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims

Daily Mail  

A Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in the Baltic Sea by dragging an anchor across the sea floor over 110miles while off-radar in an attack orchestrated by the Kremlin, a new report has claimed. European investigators told the newspaper that the massive Yi Peng 3 bulk carrier - 225 meters long, 32 meters wide and loaded …

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Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why?
1 month ago

Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why?

Al Jazeera  

A series of unexplained incidents causing damage to pipelines and cables in the Baltic Sea has occurred in the past two years. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that the incident must be investigated, adding: “We have seen sabotage in the past, so we take it very seriously.” This is just the latest in a series of incidents …

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Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany
1 month ago

Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany

Associated Press  

HELSINKI, Finland — Finnish authorities said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to a Swedish probe into the possible sabotage of that link and another cable. The C-Lion1 cable, which runs between Finland and Germany was damaged on Monday, the day after similar damage to a cable that …

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Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea
1 month ago

Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea

The Independent  

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Damage to Baltic undersea cables appears to be sabotage, Germany’s defense minister says
1 month ago

Damage to Baltic undersea cables appears to be sabotage, Germany’s defense minister says

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday officials have to assume damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — though he said they have no proof at present. Speaking in Brussels, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Russia poses not just a military but also a hybrid …

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Internet cables under Baltic Sea severed, sabotage concerns raised by European nations
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1 month ago

Internet cables under Baltic Sea severed, sabotage concerns raised by European nations

Op India  

On 18th November, officials and companies revealed that two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea were severed, including a critical link between Germany and Finland. Joint response from Finland and Germany In a joint statement, Finland and Germany expressed their “deep concern” over the incident and announced investigations into what they described as an event raising “immediate suspicions …

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Baltic Sea internet cables cut: European officials cry sabotage
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1 month ago

Baltic Sea internet cables cut: European officials cry sabotage

CNN  

CNN — European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States warned that Moscow was likely to target critical undersea infrastructure. His comments came after the foreign ministers of Finland and Germany said in a joint statement on Monday evening …

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Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables
1 month ago

Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables

Al Jazeera  

European nations say Russia is increasingly deploying ‘hybrid activities’ against NATO and the EU but haven’t blamed Moscow yet for recent incidents. Germany says it assumes that damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea is an act of sabotage as European nations condemn the alleged Russian attacks on their “security architecture”. While Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans …

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Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea
1 month ago

Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — German and Finland expressed deep concern over the discovery Monday of a severed undersea data cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea, saying it raised suspicions of sabotage and that an investigation was underway. The Finnish state-controlled data services provider Cinia said the severed data cable was detected Monday in the C-Lion1 cable that runs nearly 1.200 …

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A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year
7 months, 4 weeks ago

A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — A Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what caused the damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members Finland and Estonia, Finnish authorities said Thursday. The National Bureau of Investigation, a branch of the Finnish police, said Thursday that it still believes that an anchor of the Hong Kong-flagged cargo …

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Finnish police says Chinese ship's anchor damaged Baltic gas pipeline
1 year, 1 month ago

Finnish police says Chinese ship's anchor damaged Baltic gas pipeline

Firstpost  

The six-ton anchor that came loose probably generated a 1.5 to 4-meter-wide seabed path that led to the pipeline’s breaking point. “There are signs in the anchor that suggest it came into contact with the gas pipeline,” NBI investigator stated Finnish police have revealed that damage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia was caused by a …

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Sweden reports damage to an undersea cable to Estonia, after Finland cites damage to a gas pipeline
1 year, 2 months ago

Sweden reports damage to an undersea cable to Estonia, after Finland cites damage to a gas pipeline

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — Sweden on Tuesday reported partial damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea running to Estonia that authorities believe occurred at the same time as damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecom cable from Finland to Estonia. Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said Tuesday that the damage to the cable between Sweden and Estonia …

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Large methane gas leak in Baltic Sea discovered
1 year, 3 months ago

Large methane gas leak in Baltic Sea discovered

Al Jazeera  

A major methane gas leak is flowing from unusual depths of the Baltic Sea, Sweden research expedition finds. Researchers in Sweden have discovered that large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is leaking from unusual depths of the Baltic Sea seabed. “We know that methane gas can bubble up from shallow seabeds near the Baltic Sea coast, but I’ve …

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Danes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines
2 years, 2 months ago

Danes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish officials on Tuesday confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and that the cause of the damage was “powerful explosions.” In a statement, the Copenhagen Police said it had carried out a number of preliminary investigations of what it called “the …

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Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site
2 years, 2 months ago

Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sweden’s domestic security agency said Thursday that its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea “has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage” as the cause and a prosecutor said evidence at the site has been seized. The Swedish Security Service said the probe confirmed that “detonations” caused extensive damage to the …

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Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN
2 years, 2 months ago

Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN

Al Jazeera  

At least two massive underwater blasts caused this week’s damage to the Baltic Sea gas pipelines and methane leaks. A huge plume of highly concentrated methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent but shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, was detected in an analysis this week of satellite imagery by researchers associated with the UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, or IMEO, the …

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NATO believes Baltic Sea gas pipeline leaks were sabotage
2 years, 2 months ago

NATO believes Baltic Sea gas pipeline leaks were sabotage

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The NATO military alliance warned Thursday it would retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries and joined other Western officials in citing sabotage as the likely cause of damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. NATO ambassadors said in a statement that “any deliberate attack against allies’ critical …

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Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely
2 years, 2 months ago

Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Denmark believes “deliberate actions” caused big leaks in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and seismologists said powerful explosions preceded the leaks. Denmark’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Sweden, Germany and Poland have been kept informed, and “we will inform and reach out to Russia in this case.” He said …

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Swedes want checks for hull damage in 1994 ferry disaster
4 years ago

Swedes want checks for hull damage in 1994 ferry disaster

The Independent  

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