European officials increasingly certain Baltic Sea cable breaks are accidental, not sabotage therecord.media/european-…

A series of recent submarine cable breaks in the Baltic Sea has alarmed onlookers who fear the incidents are part of a Russian sabotage campaign.

But officials from several European countries on the North Sea and Baltic Sea told Recorded Future News there is increasing confidence among their governments that the incidents were accidental and not directed by the Kremlin.

That confidence, which aligns with a report published by The Washington Post earlier this year, is supported by investigations into specific cable incidents, as well as intelligence agency assessments and data on the number of ships transiting the Baltic Sea.