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Nicholas Cecil

Russian 'shadow fleet' ships to be tracked by UK-led AI surveillance to stop them cutting underwater cables

The moment Finnish police seize the tanker Eagle S suspected of cutting the EstLink 2 power cable between NATO states Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea. - (Finish borderguard service)

A British-led artificial intelligence surveillance operation has been launched to stop ships in Russia’s “shadow fleet” from cutting key underwater cables.

The Joint Expeditionary Force, made up of ten nations, activated the UK-led Nordic Warden operation following reported damage to the Estlink2 undersea cable in the Baltic Sea.

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