NATO is afraid that Russia can arrange an online breeze around the world

In the open letter, the company's defense agencies wrote: "The consequences of damage to submarine cables go far beyond Europe, potentially affecting global Internet and energy infrastructure, international communications, financial transactions and critical services around the world. " "The safety of submarine cables should be a large stone of wider efforts to protect infrastructure. By acting now, we will be able to protect the networks that underlie our common future," the letter said.

More than 500 cables are used to transmit about 95 percent of all international data. They cross the seabed, but their remote location complicates their protection. Several likely sabotage attacks have already taken place, and the sources in defense directly put the blame on the Kremlin, against the backdrop of statements that its shadow fleet of commercial vessels was used. Russia denies any involvement.

The vast majority of attacks occurred in the Baltic Sea, where 11 underwater cables were damaged since October 2023. Similar shutdowns occurred in the North Sea. The fears that the Russians are planning a sabotage surgery have intensified after the Russian reconnaissance ship "Yantar" has been discovered during the last months during the mapping of critically important underwater infrastructure of the United Kingdom in the North Sea.

After a number of incidents around Taiwan, there were also fears of Chinese sabotage. In January, the UK Defense Minister John Gili called the underwater cable clips "another example of growing Russian aggression. " He said, "I also want President Putin to hear this message: we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not evade decisive action to protect this country.

" The United Kingdom is most vulnerable because it depends on a large network of gas pipelines, electrical cables and offshore power units for its operation. Attacking on any of these energy pipelines or communication cables can cause the United Kingdom to be in chaos, breaking the work of all services, including the National Health Service.