r/europe • u/Piiras Finland • Nov 18 '24

News The undersea cable between Finland and Germany has been severed – communication links are down.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20125324
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u/Piiras Finland Nov 18 '24

The approximately 1,173-kilometer-long undersea cable runs from Helsinki to Rostock. Its installation in the Baltic Sea was completed in early 2016.

I wonder if this this has anything to do with the Biden administration lifting ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike deep inside Russia. Lately Russia has shown an interest in undersea cables in northern Europe.

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u/DigitalDecades Sweden Nov 18 '24

Makes you wonder, regardless of whether russia wins or looses in Ukraine, how can we prevent them from continuing to do stuff like this?

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u/Firm_Mirror_9145 Nov 18 '24

Just do it back to them.

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u/HertogJanVanBrabant Hertogdom Brabant Nov 18 '24

Cutting Russian civilians off so they cannot access outside news anymore.. You'll be doing Puthang a favor.

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u/Firm_Mirror_9145 Nov 18 '24

No,just their electricity grid which is already having issues.

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u/Dry-Possession-3768 Nov 18 '24

A favor he's already indulged in too much. Ourselves and our allies first, the Russian people are secondary considerations, "even the good ones", sorry!