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toss1 ◴[] No.42172902[source]
Substantial Russian activity also near UK, raises concerns that Russia would cut off UK. [0]

Russian ships ‘plotting sabotage in the North Sea’ [1]

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-undersea-...

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ships...

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whythre ◴[] No.42173238[source]
Do these nations not have navies? Can’t they tell the Russian non-combat ships (or pressure them) to get lost?
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1. heraldgeezer ◴[] No.42176139[source]
We do but ocean and air is big :)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-jets-in...

Also with cables, they can be destroyed with "innocent" ships that have a right to be there actually :)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65309687

Russia has a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, according to new allegations.

The details come from a joint investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

It says Russia has a fleet of vessels disguised as fishing trawlers and research vessels in the North Sea.