The ships will primarily act as a deterrent. In international waters, NATO cannot, for example, block the passage of ships from other countries.
JEF (Joint Expeditionary Force) countries including the UK, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway will increase monitoring of the situation in the region. And NATO will send ships to patrol the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Yle wrote this on Tuesday, January 7.
“Nato duty ships from the Baltic Fleet, as well as ships sent directly by Alliance member countries, will be put into the water in total, there will be about ten of them and they will remain at sea until April, ” writes the publication.
The ships will patrol the area near the energy and information cables.
The JEF countries also announced that they will strengthen their surveillance of shipping in the region through artificial intelligence.
“A group of countries led by the UK will monitor ships using AIS and assess their potential risk to sensitive underwater assets,” the publication explained.
NATO decided to increase its presence in the Baltic Sea on December 30 at the request of Finland and Estonia.
As you know, on December 26, three communication cables between Estonia and Finland failed. The tanker Eagle S is suspected, which may be part of the “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation.
The EU is preparing sanctions against the Russian Federation for harmful cables
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