Henna Virkkunen, Vice President of the European Commission, warned that the EU should prepare for the worst-case scenario due to the Russian shadow fleet's destruction of infrastructure. Virkkunen and Szłapka participated in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg dedicated to "sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet,

Henna Virkkunen, Vice President of the European Commission, warned that the EU should prepare for the worst-case scenario due to the destruction of infrastructure by the Russian shadow fleet. Virkkunen and Szłapka participated in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,

The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.

A series of Baltic undersea cable damage in recent months is likely to be a maritime accident, not a deliberate Russian sabotage.The Washington Post (WP)

A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater.

NATO announced a new mission on Tuesday to better protect critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea with significantly more ships, aircraft and drones, as concerns about Russian aggression in the region grow.

The European Union’s new digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, suggested the repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea couldn’t be fully accidental, as leaders from the region prepare to gather for a NATO summit devoted to the topic.

NATO chief Mark Rutte has said the military alliance was launching a Baltic Sea monitoring mission following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in recent months.