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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

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577 points mooreds | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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toss1 ◴[18 Nov 24 15:01 UTC] 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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1. petre ◴[18 Nov 24 21:27 UTC] No.42177248[source]▶
The Irish just chased away a Russian "research" vessel.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/russian-spy-sh...

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2. sparky_ ◴[19 Nov 24 18:06 UTC] No.42186412[source]▶
Interestingly, Ireland is not a NATO member, so it's somewhat surprising Russia is poking around there. Although they're still EU, so maybe that's why.