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Sabotage of undersea cables near Svalbard

Russian submarines near Svalbard rehearsed disabling the two fibre-optic cables linking the archipelago to mainland Norway. We are tracking what the alliance confirms officially and how cable protection in the Arctic changes.

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Reuters: ruské ponorky cvičili pri Svalbarde útok na káble. Spojenci im to prekazili

Reuters: ruské ponorky cvičili pri Svalbarde útok na káble. Spojenci im to prekazili

Ruské ponorky pri Svalbarde nacvičovali vyradenie podmorských káblov bez stôp. Spojenci im cvičenie prekazili, kábel poškodený nebol.

10.9.2026

What we are still watching

  • Norway or Britain confirmed the April disclosure officially, not through anonymous sources
  • Norway announced concrete measures to protect the two Svalbard cables
  • A Finnish court delivered its verdict in the Eagle S crew case
  • The alliance presented a mechanism to protect undersea infrastructure in the Arctic
  • Russia publicly commented on the Svalbard operation
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