2nd Baltic Sea Cable Cut; Germany Suspects Sabotage

The C-Lion1 cable runs alongside the multibillion-dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
2nd Baltic Sea Cable Cut; Germany Suspects Sabotage
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speaks during news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 7, 2023. Ints Kalnins/Reuters
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Damage to two undersea fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea—one between Lithuania and Sweden, and the other between Finland and Germany—should be regarded as sabotage, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.

“No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally. I also don’t want to believe in versions that these were ship anchors that accidentally caused the damage,” German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said before meeting of European Union defense ministers.

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