NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds press conference in Helsinki NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal hold a press conference following a meeting to discuss measures to protect critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea and the strengthening of NATO's presence there.

"Had it continued for another 12 minutes, the carnage would have been much worse than the four basic cables that were there," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte believes that the future of global security depends on the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war. To achieve lasting peace, military support for Ukraine must be increased,

NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents that have heightened concerns about possible Russian activities, the alliance’s leader said.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced on Tuesday a new mission, dubbed Baltic Sentry, to safeguard undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region.

Baltic Sea leaders meeting in Helsinki on Tuesday launched NATO's Baltic Sentry mission to protect critical maritime infrastructure, with enhanced cooperation, new tech, and increased defense spending amid rising threats from Russia.

Finland will next week host a summit of NATO countries bordering the Baltic Sea to discuss security in the region, as the alliance boosts its maritime presence following several subsea cable cuts.

Finland has called a summit of Nato member-states in the Baltic Sea to address the threat of Russian subversive campaign through its shadow fleet

The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.

The strategy follows a series of suspected sabotage attacks on telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea in recent months carried out by a fleet of tankers and vessels linked to Russia.

Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the mission dubbed Baltic ... of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Credit: AP/Antti Aimo-Koivisto ...

Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the mission dubbed Baltic ... The meeting included leaders from Finland, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.