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Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said no one believes the underwater cables were accidentally severed [File: Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters]

Germany says it assumes that damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea is an act of sabotage as European nations condemn the alleged Russian attacks on their “security architecture”.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday that no one believes the cables between Finland and Germany and between Sweden and Lithuania were accidentally severed.

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