NATO has deployed a flotilla off the coast of Estonia to guard critical undersea communication cables amid fears of potential sabotage by foreign actors, a Baltic Sea map shows.

Moscow's flagship Urals oil is shipped from the ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga in the eastern Baltic Sea, close to the city of St. Petersburg and the Baltic Fleet naval base on Kronstadt.

NATO announced on Tuesday that it will beef up its patrol of the Baltic Sea in the light of past infrastructure damage to cables on the sea floor. Top News U.S. News ...

Estonian naval ships sail in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. (AP Photo/Hendrik Osula) ...