Sweden neither at war nor at peace, says PM, as warships sent to Baltic Sea (www.theguardian.com)

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The Swedish prime minister has said that his country is neither at war nor at peace as he announced that Sweden would be sending armed forces into the Baltic Sea for the first time as part of increased surveillance efforts amid a spate of suspected sabotage of undersea cables.

The country announced it will contribute up to three warships and a surveillance aircraft to a Nato effort to monitor critical infrastructure and Russia’s “shadow fleet” as the alliance tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure.

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[-] anti_lib@lemmy.cafe -2 points 5 days ago

“Sweden does not jump to conclusions or accuse anyone of sabotage without very strong reasons. The work continues and the national security council is updated on an ongoing basis,” he said. “But we are not naive either. The security situation and the fact that strange things happen time and time again in the Baltic Sea also lead us to believe that hostile intent cannot be ruled out. “There is little evidence that a ship would accidentally and without noticing it, drag an anchor with 300 metres of chain for over 100 kilometres, without understanding that it could cause damage.”

So "we cannot prove that they did it, but we cannot proof that they didn't either"? Also it's idiotic. A ferryboat once sinked in Belgium because they forgot to close the door.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Herald_of_Free_Enterprise