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NATO has deployed a flotilla off the coast of Estonia to guard critical undersea communication cables amid fears of potential sabotage by foreign actors, a Baltic Sea map shows. The mission ...

The Baltic Sea NATO allies joint statement also condemned Russia. “Russia´s use of the so-called shadow fleet poses a particular threat to the maritime and environmental security in the Baltic ...

NATO members met in Helsinki after disruptions to cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea, suspecting Russian ... Polish state broadcaster TVP World had cited an unnamed Polish Foreign Ministry ...

Russian security experts boast on state TV that cable cutting in the Baltic Sea will “freeze” Finland this winter ... Reflecting growing jitters around the Baltic, Poland’s TVP World reported ...

Finland's president Alexander Stubb said the damage on Dec. 25 was "definitely" linked to Russia. "They're linked certainly in the sense that the vessel was part of the Russian shadow fleet. And ...

HELSINKI —NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected ...