A media day on the flagship of the NATO fleet, the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS Tromp, focused on NATO's increased presence in the Baltic Sea. Camera: VALDA KALNINA. FOOTAGE OF THE MEDIA DAY AT THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY FRIGATE HNLMS TROMP IN TALLINN,

Estonia wants NATO members to start monitoring Baltic Sea infrastructure on rotation, similar to the air policing mission, following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. A dozen ships will be deployed to the region until April,

PARIS — The number of times NATO fighter jet scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching allied airspace over Europe has changed little in 2024 compared to 2023, even as Western leaders grow increasingly worried about Russian aggression and hybrid warfare targeting European countries within the alliance.

Mystery still surrounds the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea in the fall of 2022, while an undersea cable linking Sweden to Estonia was damaged in October 2023. A gas pipeline connecting Estonia to Finland was also damaged in the same month, later blamed on a Chinese ship dragging its anchor.

NATO allies are facing an intensified threat from Russia, Mark Rutte said.

Estonia on Thursday criticised the US decision to curb exports of chips used for artificial intelligence to some allies including the Baltic state as "thoughtless and harmful".

NATO launched 'Baltic Sentry', a new naval mission to prevent attacks on cable infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. The alliance says Russia is to blame for recent incidents, but can increased NATO patrols make a difference?

"Ruptures of undersea cables that have rattled European security officials in recent months were likely the result of maritime accidents rather than Russian sabotage, according to several U.S. and European intelligence officials,

The incidents contributed to mounting European fears of sabotage, as NATO officials accuse Russia of a growing “destabilization campaign” over their military support for Ukraine and sanctions against Moscow.

Operation Baltic Sentinel, launched by NATO member states to protect underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, promises a rapid response to malicious acts, according to Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.

The investigators have turned up no indication that commercial ships deliberately dragged anchors in the area where the submarine cables lay on Moscow’s instructions, the officials noted