The frequency of cable incidents in the Baltic Sea has been "exceptional" in recent years, but state actors have more effective ways of performing underwater sabotage than by dragging anchors, Finland's intelligence service chief said.

Finland must be prepared for increase in Russian hybrid influencing once the war in Ukraine ends, warns intelligence agency - Anadolu Ajansı

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) heads to Brussels on Thursday for an EU meeting on support for Ukraine and European security.

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service's latest national security overview warns that Finland must be prepared for an increase in Russian hybrid influencing once the war in Ukraine ends.

Russia will not stop at Ukraine, if it is not opposed in any negotiations on peace or ceasefire, Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Bloomberg.

The shift in U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which enters its fourth year on Monday, has raised alarms in Kyiv and in capitals across Europe. A new documentary finds that those anxieties are especially high in some of Russia’s neighbors on the Baltic Sea.

Since the criminal inquiry “has progressed”, the ageing tanker was free to leave. Read more at straitstimes.com.