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Raziye Akkoc

NATO To Boost Military Presence In Baltic After Cables 'Sabotage'

Finnish authorities are probing the oil tanker, Eagle S, that sailed from a Russian port over the suspected 'sabotage' (Credit: AFP)

NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance's chief Mark Rutte said on Friday.

On Christmas Day, the Estlink 2 submarine cable that carries electricity from Finland to Estonia was disconnected from the grid, just over a month after two telecommunications cables were severed in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic.

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