Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was likely caused by maritime accidents, not by Russian sabotage as many Western officials have alleged, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
NATO has used recent incidents to justify an increase in its military presence in the Baltic Sea and launched a new mission called “Baltic Sentry” just last week, a move that ratchets up tensions with Russia. The Guardian reported on Sunday that a NATO naval flotilla has assembled off the coast of Estonia to “protect” undersea infrastructure.
The Post report, which cited US and European intelligence officials, said that “investigations involving the United States and a half-dozen European security services have turned up no indication that commercial ships suspected of dragging anchors across seabed systems did so intentionally or at the direction of Moscow.”
US officials said “clear explanations” in each case indicated the incidents were likely accidents, and no evidence suggested that Russia was involved. In some cases, ships dragging their anchors damaged cables underwater.
The Eagle S, a tanker suspected of damaging a power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, was recently boarded by the Finnish Coast Guard, and its crew has been detained indefinitely while the ship is being investigated.
Finnish officials have accused the Eagle S of being part of a “ghost fleet” that carries Russian oil and avoids Western sanctions. A lawyer representing the ship’s owner acknowledged that it was carrying Russian oil but said it was not a violation of international law and denied the tanker purposely damaged the undersea cable.
Western officials have said the incidents in the Baltic were part of a broader Russian sabotage campaign in Europe, and some officials quoted in the Post report said they were not convinced the damage was caused by accident, but they have produced no evidence for their claims.
The Washington Post is not a credible source as far as I can judge;
Not even the Russians themselves believe that this were just accidents:
That said – it is not proven that the non accidents were at the direction of Moscow,
It's credible enough for DeCamp to post an article with that in it.
Yes – speaks volumes to my regard for DeCamp's credibility -he appears to invoke zero critical sense if the material supports his preconceived perception.
Blocked for Hegemonic nonsense and plain old bullshit.
Thanks – you are a waste of time after all.
Marine engineers in the German media comment that the setting of a tanker's anchor does not go unnoticed by the ship's crew because the anchor chains make a lot of noise.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/finland-tanker-sabotage-crew-poised-cut-521062
https://www.marinelink.com/news/finland-recovers-anchor-baltic-sea-cable-520867
https://www.onesteppower.com/post/how-do-anchors-work
Wait!? Someone trying to De-escalate to De-escalate!? I thought you can only De-escalate if you escalate!? I thought you can only have PEACE if you have WWIII!? What's happening!? What are those "US OFFICIALS" up to? …I like it.
These US Officials are no one.
That's the phrase you use when you have zero evidence to back up your article.
Baghdad Bob agrees with Dave DeCamp and would also like to add that there are absolutely NO North Korean soldiers fighting and dying for Putin in the Ukraine war. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/34f8d787786642e6ddbe3ea1e77f5fcbfe871464d93518fa0315ab6456376bcb.jpg
twas russia
Under which flag do the ships sail?