Security is being strengthened in the Baltic Sea with 20 warships

Security is being strengthened in the Baltic Sea with 20 warships

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The JEF defense ministers agreed to deploy about 20 warships to patrol the Baltic Sea starting Friday due to growing threats to critical underwater infrastructure, including signals to Russia.

The defense ministers of the countries of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) have decided that about 20 warships will patrol the Baltic Sea from Friday. ships will patrol the Baltic Sea from Friday. This is reported by SVT, according to UNN.

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The reason is the growing threat to critical underwater infrastructure. infrastructure and should send signals to Russia.

This is operational maritime surveillance. About 20 warships will be active in the Baltic Sea, as well as in parts of the North Atlantic to take into account the security situation and better protect critical infrastructure underwater

said Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson.

Last year, explosions occurred in the Baltic Sea on Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which forced the states of the region to pay attention to the security of to the security of underwater infrastructure.

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