In just three months, three incidents of damage to Baltic Sea underwater cables have taken place. While accidential cable slices are common, the cluster raises suspicion.
Finland and Estonia have implemented a real-time system for sharing environmental radiation data, enhancing both countries' preparedness to respond to any abnormal changes in radiation levels. The initiative came into effect at the start of 2025.
Incidents damaging Europe’s undersea networks have become more frequent since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, raising suspicions they are the result of sabotage.
After a series of suspected undersea cable cuttings, NATO has launched a new surveillance and deterrence mission to protect critical infrastructure under the Baltic Sea.
Estonia plans to build a new icebreaker in collaboration with Finland in the near future. The icebreaker Tarmo will be retired in three years, and a new ship is critically needed.
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters.
The imminent decoupling of Estonia's electricity grid and its synchronization with the mainland European grid has led to a surge in purchases of home generators, many of them costing hundreds, or even thousands,