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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a joint press conference at the summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Jan. 14, 2025.
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NATO and Ukraine prep for Trump

The alliance has announced that it is dispatching naval drones, submarines, ships, and aircraft to patrol the Baltic Sea in a mission called “Baltic Sentry.” The aim? To prevent Russia from committing acts of sabotage.

A view of the anchor of the Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, in the sea of Kattegat, near the City of Grenaa in Jutland, Denmark, on Nov. 20, 2024.
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Sweden wants to inspect a suspicious Chinese ship

Last week, two underwater Baltic Sea communications cables. were cut under suspicious circumstances. Many initially suspected Russian sabotage, but a preliminary investigation found that a Chinese cargo ship had passed through the Baltic Sea near each cable around the time they were severed.

Model of natural gas pipeline and Finland flag, July 18, 2022.
Europe

Another Baltic pipeline whodunnit!

NATO on Wednesday pledged a “determined” response if recent damage to a critical pipeline linking two of its members is found to have been deliberate.