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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke of a new incident in the Baltic Sea on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels.
What happened in the Baltic Sea? While tensions are increasing in this strategic sector, where rumors of sabotage through land cable ruptures are accumulating, a new incident was confirmed this Wednesday, December 4 by the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock. Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels, she said a Bundeswehr helicopter had been directly involved in an event linked to a Russian ship.
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According to his information, the helicopter was patrolling in the region when it crossed paths with a Russian ship. The latter would then have launched signal shots in the direction of the military machine. Attack shots? Or simply to show off? No additional details were given by the German minister, who also did not specify the date of the incident, reports Bild.
Zone sous tension
This type of signaling ammunition would usually only be launched in an emergency, underlines the German daily. So was this an intimidation move on the part of Russia? The area is in any case under tension, with an increase in surveillance patrols in the context of suspicions of acts of sabotage that occurred on November 17 and 18.
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A Chinese cargo ship is suspected of having caused, intentionally or not, the rupture of submarine cables. Sweden, Finland, and Denmark are demanding explanations, and the ship has been stranded in international waters ever since. On December 3, two new cables, this time terrestrial, were broken again, but this time accidentally, according to the Finnish authorities.
