Hybrid attacks carried out, among others, in the Baltic Sea should not remain unanswered – said Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. He emphasized that it could not be that the vessels of the Russian Shadow Fleet “destroy the private property of European countries and that it remains without consequences.”
The head of Polish diplomacy revealed that the head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas introduced a new custom to meetings of EU foreign ministers. It is about the EU Council briefing conducted by the Head of the European Union intelligence cell regarding the hybrid war, which Russia He leads against the EU, with particular emphasis on the destruction of underwater infrastructure.
Sikorski about attacks in the Baltic Sea
As Sikorski reminded in an interview with journalists after the Monday meeting of the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the EU Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this weekend the fourth cable was broken in the Baltic Sea. This time the fiber fiber has failed Latvia That Sweden.
Sikorski said that these recent events also result UN on the law of the sea, because the current regulations regarding the seas and oceans do not cope with hybrid threats.
– It can't be that some insured ships, old crypieces, registered in some tax havens, destroy the private property of European countries and that it remains without consequences – said Sikorski, referring to the Russian shadow fleet, i.e. ships secretly transporting crude oil from Russia.
Radosław Sikorski at the Foreign Council meeting (FAC) in BrusselsPAP/Wiktor Dąbkowski
It is suspected that these units are responsible for some attacks on EU infrastructure. The new, 16. Package of EU sanctions for Russia is to include Additional restrictions for the shadow fleet, although in Brussels, the search for additional solutions that will shorten the practice. – The most important is that Russia cannot avoid sanctions and cannot expose the environment to the danger of the environment, whether in the Azov Sea or now in the Baltic Sea – said Sikorski.
The minister noticed that attacks on maritime infrastructure concern not only Europe, but are also reproduced in the Far East.
– Around Taiwan There are more such incidents than in the Baltic Sea – said Sikorski, adding, however, that there are also reports that hostile ships are also mapping underwater infrastructure in the North Sea. – If this is an adventure for other attacks, then we must draw the consequences from it now – announced the head of Polish diplomacy.
Source of the main photo: PAP/Wiktor Dąbkowski