German FM: Baltic and Germany's security are "inseparable"

He cited growing threats in the Baltic Sea, pointing to Russia’s “shadow fleet,” the term used by Western officials for ships that Moscow uses to circumvent oil sanctions, as well as incidents of cut cables, shifted buoys and disrupted GPS signals.

In the past, Moscow has denied involvement in undersea sabotage in the Baltic, saying the West was using such claims to curb Russia's sea-borne oil exports.