7bet gaming or sevenbet Germany sees ‘sabotage’ as Sweden says second sea cable cut
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Brussels, Belgium — Germany said Tuesday it believed that recent damage to communications cables in the Baltic Sea was “sabotage”, as Sweden reported damage to a second underwater link.
The severing of cables between Finland and Germany and from Sweden to Lithuania was a “clear sign that something is going on”, Pistorius said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels.
Article continues after this advertisement“Nobody believes that these cables were accidentally severed,” Pistorius said.
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Article continues after this advertisementOn Monday, Finnish operator Cinia reported that a cable connecting Helsinki and the German port of Rostock had been cut for unknown reasons.
Article continues after this advertisementGermany and Finland subsequently said they had launched a probe into the damage, warning of the threat of “hybrid warfare”.
Article continues after this advertisementOn Tuesday, officials in Stockholm said another cable connecting Sweden and Lithuania was also “not working”.
“Relevant Swedish authorities are investigating the events,” Sweden’s Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin told AFP.
Article continues after this advertisementPistorius said Germany would need to “pay particular attention to protecting our infrastructure”, amid heightened tensions with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
“We must protect ourselves better and be able to react quickly, competently and appropriately to such attacks,” he said.
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