There has been a sharp rise in damage to undersea cables in the Baltic, with at least 11 incidents reported since October 2023.

RUKLA - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda expects that NATO and Nordic efforts in the Baltic Sea will deter attempts to damage underwater infrastructure.

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters

The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus.

Lithuania's president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026.

VILNIUS - The impact of incidents involving damage done to cables in the Baltic Sea may tempt Russia to engage in deliberate sabotage in this area, Darius Jauniskis, director of Lithuania's State Security Department, warns.

Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) has floated the idea of a Baltic Sea shipping tax to fund the protection of undersea cables after a spate of breakages over the last 18 months.

ABOARD A FRENCH NAVY FLIGHT OVER THE BALTIC SEA (AP) — With its powerful camera ... we have seen damage to a cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden, another connecting Germany and Finland ...

VILNIUS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania has urged the European Union to review existing navigation rules and provide financial support following the damage to a Latvia-Sweden fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea on Sunday, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported Monday.

Russia has condemned the Western alliance for ramping up its naval presence in the so-called 'NATO lake' after alleged sabotage by Moscow-linked vessels.

ABOARD A FRENCH NAVY FLIGHT OVER THE BALTIC SEA — With its powerful camera ... we have seen damage to a cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden, another connecting Germany and Finland, and ...