A Russian oil tanker known as Unity has lost power and gone adrift in the NATO Lake while on its journey to Mangalore, India.

A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater.

The mission, dubbed Baltic Sentry, follows worry over increased Russian military activity near key undersea communication cables.

Moscow will respond to attempts to disrupt shipping and abuses by NATO ships in the Baltic Sea, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.

The Baltic Sea operation in the region bordering Russia comes as European fears of sabotage mount after a string of disruptions to underwater cables.

The second ship, the 75,100-dwt Yi Peng 3 (built 2001), was intercepted in November and held off Denmark for about a month, after which its owner ordered the ship to sail again “for consideration of the crew’s physical and mental health”, as the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement at the time.

NATO accuses Moscow of using tankers and other vessels ... and the "strengthening of NATO's presence in the Baltic Sea and responding to the threat posed by Russia's shadow fleet."

Increased Russian military activity in the Baltic Sea has resulted in global calls for Denmark and other nations to inspect Moscow's oil tankers.

From election interference to sabotaging critical infrastructure, Russia’s hybrid warfare strategy is increasingly sowing chaos across Europe. As

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