German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said the damaged cables appeared to be sabotage and “hybrid action” by as-yet unidentified actors.
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“No one believes these cables were severed by mistake, and I also don't want to believe versions that it was anchors that by chance caused damage to these cables,” he said at a regular meeting of European Union defense ministers.
Germany's defense minister says damage to two Baltic data cables appears to be sabotage
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