German Defense Ministry considers the severing of the communication cable between Finland and Germany to be sabotage
The cable rupture between Germany and Finland was most likely the result of sabotage, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. Both sides are currently investigating the circumstances of the incident.
A very clear signal that something is going on there. No one believes that this cable was accidentally torn. I am not inclined to believe the version that the damage occurred because this cable touched the anchor
- said Pistorius.
He added that the German authorities do not yet have information about who could have carried out the sabotage.
We are forced to state, without knowing who exactly did this, that this is a hybrid action, and we are forced to assume that this is sabotage.
– the head of the German Ministry of Defense emphasized.
Let us recall that the break in the only communication cable between Finland and Germany became known on November 17 from a message from the director of technology Telia operator Andrius Šemeškevičius said the cable was damaged on Sunday morning, around 10 a.m. Lithuanian time.
The systems immediately signaled that the connection was lost. Then the investigation began, it was clear that this was not accidental and certainly not due to a carelessly dropped anchor
– said Shemeshkevicius.
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