Germany stated on Saturday the presumed sabotage of an undersea power cable television linking Finland and Estonia this week was a wake-up call that required brand-new EU sanctions versus Russias shadow fleet.
The Estlink 2 cable that carries electrical energy from Finland to Estonia was detached from the grid on Wednesday, just over a month after two telecommunications cables were severed in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic.
Almost each month, ships are harmful major undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated in a statement to the Funke media group.
Crews are leaving anchors in the water, dragging them for kilometres along the seafloor for no obvious reason, and after that losing them when pulling them up, she stated.
Its more than tough to still think in coincidences.
This is an urgent wake-up call for everybody.
Baerbock prompted new European sanctions versus the Russian shadow fleet, ships that transport Russian crude and oil items in spite of embargoes imposed over Moscows intrusion of Ukraine.The fleet is a major threat to our environment and security that is used by Russia to fund its war of aggression in Ukraine, she said.Finnish authorities stated on Thursday they were examining the oil tanker, Eagle S, that sailed from a Russian port, as part of a probe into exacerbated sabotage of the Estlink cable.NATO will reinforce its military presence in the Baltic Sea in response, the alliances secretary general, Mark Rutte, said on Friday.