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The Baltic Sea as a combat zone
These days, NATO has decided to increase its presence in the Baltic Sea in order to take action against Russian sabotage and Putin's shadow fleet. This was prompted by the recent destruction of an underwater cable by a Russian tugboat and concerns about the protection of critical infrastructure in general.
ON THE ONE HAND, NATO wants to increase the deployment of warships at sea for this purpose, as well as air force units and drones. The new NATO member Sweden intends to join the Baltic Sea states that have long been members of the alliance with several warships.
ON THE OTHER hand, it is worth remembering that the Nordstream underwater gas pipelines were only recently destroyed. This was done by Ukrainian saboteurs and probably with the connivance of, if not on the orders of, the highest political circles in Kiev. And there has been no reaction whatsoever from NATO or the EU, despite the fact that Europe's supply has suffered massively as a result.
So if we want to take action against potential sabotage in the Baltic Sea, we should combat threats from all sides in the interests of the communication routes between the neighboring countries and the European energy supply. And Ukraine cannot be left to its own devices.
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