Media reported on NATO's plan to send a fleet to the Baltic to protect infrastructure

NATO is going to send a fleet of about 10 ships to the Baltic Sea to protect important underwater installations. This was reported by the Finnish broadcaster Yle on January 7.

According to him, this operation will begin at the end of this week and will last until April. During it, the forces of the Finnish and Estonian fleets will still be involved in the protection of the Gulf of Finland.

The alliance will position its ships, in particular, near energy and information cables, Yle says. It is planned that the ships will act only as a deterrent, reducing the risk of sabotage and other incidents, because in international waters NATO has no right to block the passage of ships or interfere with their actions in any other way.

Cable personalities: who could have damaged Estlink 2

The submarine cable accident has once again raised the issue of safety in the Baltic Sea

Earlier, on December 25, the EstLink 2 DC cable located at the bottom of the Baltic Sea between Estonia and Finland suffered an emergency shutdown. The next day, the Finnish border guard and police detained the tanker Eagle S, which was traveling under the Cook Islands flag. The vessel is believed to be involved in the EstLink 2 breakage, one of its anchors was torn off.

Finnish police on Dec. 29 found an anchor mark on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland left by a damaged cable. Underwater work showed that the trail was several tens of kilometers long.

Seven crew members of the tanker Eagle S were banned from leaving Finland on December 31. It was specified that this measure was taken to protect the investigation from possible disruption. Later, on January 2, the eighth crew member of the vessel was banned from leaving the country.

Yle reported on January 7 that the Eagle S's torn anchor was found at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. The Swedish multi-purpose ship HMS Belos recovered it from the bottom and handed it over to the Finnish authorities.