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Headline: Germany suspects sabotage over severed undersea cables in Baltic
Short Summary: On or before 18 November 2024, two undersea fiber optic cables connecting Germany and Lithuania in the Baltic Sea were damaged, causing significant disruptions to internet services in Lithuania and parts of Germany. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius indicated the damage as possibly deliberate sabotage. The cables run through an area between Rostock in Germany and Lithuania near Gotland and Sweden. Both German and Lithuanian governments expressed deep concern, suspecting potential hostile interference to destabilize the region. Investigations are ongoing, with German security agencies and Baltic authorities involved. This incident comes amid growing tensions in the Baltic region and fears of sabotage affecting critical infrastructure.
Extended Summary: On or before 18 November 2024, two undersea fiber optic cables connecting Germany and Lithuania in the Baltic Sea were damaged, causing significant disruptions to internet services in Lithuania and parts of Germany. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius indicated the damage as possibly deliberate sabotage. The cables run through an area between Rostock in Germany and Lithuania near Gotland and Sweden. Both German and Lithuanian governments expressed deep concern, suspecting potential hostile interference to destabilize the region. Investigations are ongoing, with German security agencies and Baltic authorities involved. This incident comes amid growing tensions in the Baltic region and fears of sabotage affecting critical infrastructure.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has said damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea between Germany and Lithuania appears to be sabotage, resulting in internet outages. The incident disrupted critical infrastructure cables approximately 215km long between Rostock, Germany, and Lithuania. Lithuania also reported outages affecting internet and telecommunications. Officials from Germany and Lithuania have expressed deep concern, calling the damage possibly deliberate. Authorities are investigating security implications amid regional tensions involving Russia and Ukraine.
The article clearly describes damage to undersea cables identified as sabotage by German and Lithuanian officials, indicating hostile aggressive actions targeting Baltic critical infrastructure, with named officials and concrete impact, thus classified as an aggressor event with high confidence.
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