Germany sees damaging of Baltic Sea cables as act of sabotage, minister says

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius speaks to the press as he arrives for a meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Brussels on November 19, 2024. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
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The damaging of two undersea fiber-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea must be seen as an act of sabotage, although it is still unclear who is responsible, German Defense minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.
“No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally. I also don’t want to believe in versions that these were anchors that accidentally caused damage over these cables,” Pistorius said before a meeting with EU defense ministers in Brussels.
“Therefore we have to state, without knowing specifically who it came from, that it is a ‘hybrid’ action. And we also have to assume, without knowing it yet, that it is sabotage.”