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German Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Berbock has increased the monitoring of the Baltic Sea after a Russian ship opened fire at a Bundeswehr helicopter during a mission. The crew in a Russian ship in the Baltic Sea fired signaling ammunition at a Bundeswehr helicopter. The helicopter was conducting a reconnaissance mission according to German press.
Baerbock announced on X, the social media application that she believes there could be heightened surveillance measures for pipelines, as well as records of cables located in the Baltic Sea. This heightened surveillance is needed, she believes, because the threats coming from Russia and her allies have been increasing in number and intensity. As a reminder, signaling ammunition is allowed and only done when in a state of emergency, such as during the time of emergency.
“Putin is waging hybrid attacks on our peace order,” the minister declared.
The incident befell in opposition to growing tensions within the location.
ultimate month, damage to 2 units of conversation cables in the Baltic Sea — linking Finland and Germany and Sweden and Lithuania — in less than a day has drawn the authorities’ attention to feasible subterfuge.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius publicly stated that cutting an important communication cable that connected Germany and Finland should be treated as an act of “sabotage.” In addition, he hinted that there may have been “hybrid actors” behind this dangerous attack. But he also said that as of now, the motive behind this attack had not been ascertained or identified, thereby leaving many questions unanswered, Pistorius concluded.
Last week, Sweden, Germany, and Lithuania separately launched their own investigations, making sure to look into exactly what role the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 played in the incident in question, especially since at that time it was not far from the damaged cables.
Several European governments, including the NATO Secretary-General, have leveled serious charges against Russia, saying that Russia has been significantly increasing its hybrid attacks on Western countries since it launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian government has repeatedly refused to accept any responsibility for such attacks or operations.
Hybrid war is one of those terms that roughly refers to a set of sports and strategies that are specifically crafted to destabilize various international locations through non-traditional means and diverse methods. For instance, these may include forms of cyberattacks on vital information systems, acts of sabotaging infrastructure to cripple essential services, and also the use of misinformation campaigns that spread confusion and mistrust among people. These processes are often created to weaken states in overall stability and security without causing or inciting direct military warfare, thus allowing a more covert form of aggression that would be hard to counteract effectively.
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