Baltic Cable Sabotage Investigation Includes Chinese Vessel

Recent damage to undersea data cables in the Baltic Sea, connecting Germany to Finland and Sweden to Lithuania, is being investigated as potential sabotage. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and other EU officials have labeled the incidents as deliberate acts of hybrid warfare, although no specific culprit has been confirmed. The Danish military is monitoring a Chinese vessel, Yi Peng 3, near the damaged cables, but has not directly linked it to the sabotage. Previous similar incidents in the region have raised suspicions of Russian involvement, with several EU countries expressing concerns over increasing Russian activities in European waters. However, the US has not seen any direct evidence implicating Russia, and investigations by Germany, Lithuania, and Finland are ongoing. The incidents highlight growing tensions in Europe, where critical infrastructure is increasingly seen as vulnerable to geopolitical conflicts.