North Atlantic Alliance intelligence chief David Kattler said the Russian Federation could hit critical infrastructure in Europe and, less likely, North America.
A senior military official has pointed to undersea cables in the Atlantic and other similar critical infrastructure as potential targets for the Russian military. With such actions, Moscow could try to punish countries that provide assistance to Kiev.
There are growing fears that Russia is hitting undersea cables and other critical infrastructure in a bid to disrupt Western life in order to gain leverage over countries that provide Ukraine’s security.
- Al Jazeera TV quotes David Kattler.
The statement from the head of intelligence of the North Atlantic Alliance was preceded by a message from Danish law enforcement regarding the presence of unknown Russian ships in the area of the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion. The Financial Times newspaper believes that the Russian Federation is verifying the vulnerability of Europe’s critical infrastructure. The publication even suspects Russian-flagged fishing vessels of such activities.
Western intelligence agencies are increasingly concerned that Russia appears to be testing vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure in European countries. One of two fiber optic cables connecting the Norwegian mainland to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard was cut in January, with police citing human interference as the cause. Russian fishing boats have repeatedly been observed swimming through the cable in an unusual way, but so far no one has been officially charged with sabotage.
- reports the details of the Financial Times.
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