NATO ships set out to patrol Baltic after cable damaged

The Manila Times

NATO ships set out to patrol Baltic after cable damaged  Two NATO naval vessels left Copenhagen to patrol the Baltic Sea on Monday, January 27, as part of the “Baltic Sentry" operation to help protect critical infrastructure following a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines were damaged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.  The vessels, the French 'Croix du Sud' and 'Luymes' from the Netherlands, left Copenhagen the day after an undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia was damaged in Sweden's exclusive economic zone, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said.  A Belgian naval officer taking part in “Baltic Sentry” said that the latest breach of cables highlighted the importance of the NATO mission in the area.  Swedish authorities boarded a Maltese-flagged ship seized in connection with the latest breach of cables running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to begin an investigation into the matter, the country's security police said on Monday.   REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #TheManilaTimes  #NATO  #BalticSea

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00:00Oh

00:30Oh

01:00I

01:07Was also informed that there was a new incident

01:13Unfortunately

01:14Authorities are currently still investigating what exactly happened. So that's not entirely clear to me at least

01:22yet

01:23but of course it only shows

01:26The importance of our presence and that enhanced vigilance and presence at sea in the Baltic Sea

01:34region is

01:36that more important

01:45It once more shows that no

01:48Security system is watertight that we have to invest in putting means

01:54At sea

01:56And that's more presence at sea is even more necessary

02:00On the other hand, it proves that our the importance of our presence is once more

02:07proven

02:20What we at the moment do is deter

02:23by enhancing our present presence

02:26We are the CCTVs of the Baltic Sea region

02:30And we hope to deter anybody who might be inclined to cause unlawful

02:38action or damage

02:39to critical infrastructure

02:42We hope we can deter them by our presence

02:45but we also track them we monitor them and

02:49everybody who is

02:51wanting to undertake anything unlawful against any infrastructure should know it will not remain unseen and

02:58Reaction will come

03:10Just like police forces in that are present in the cities

03:15We hope that crime

03:18If if any is deterred by our mere presence

03:23Of course, it is we are only one part of the big puzzle

03:28it is a multi-domain effort of

03:33Law enforcement jurisdiction and so on

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