There are signs that Russia may be preparing a serious provocation in Europe

There are signs that Russia may be preparing a serious provocation in Europe Natalia Belzetskaya

Finland reported damage to the electric cable between them and Estonia. The country suspects that this could have been done by an oil tanker that belongs to Russia's shadow fleet.

These are not the first provocations that the aggressor country is accused of. The head of the Center for Public Analysis “Tower” Valery Klochok told Channel 24 that similar cases of damage to Internet cables were recorded back in 2023.

Russia is preparing a major provocation

“This is one of the events that shows that Russia is preparing a serious provocation in Northern Europe. Western publications wrote that the Russians could attack Estonia. Once, not one, but four cables were cut there,” said Valery Klochok.

The tankers that are involved in the operations are just tools to fulfill the Kremlin's big task. We are talking about disturbing the peace and destabilizing the European countries bordering Russia. First of all, these are Latvia, Estonia and Finland.

The story of the cable damage, the jamming of signals in these regions, the theft of buoys – all these are elements of Russia's big preparation for a provocation in the Baltic countries. Moreover, in 2025, military exercises will be held in Belarus, in which Russia, the DPRK and China will take part, – noted Valery Klochok.

< p > It is difficult to say now what kind of operation the occupiers are preparing for. But it is clear that it will be directed against NATO in order to escalate the conflict. The Russians want to check whether the Alliance is ready for confrontation.

< p > Even if we assume that the war in Ukraine will be “frozen”, Vladimir Putin will not stop there. He wants to advance further, have more arguments for negotiations with Donald Trump and is doing everything possible to control as many territories as possible.

< p class="bloquote cke-markup" > Europe has enough means to resist Russia, but they need to be allocated. There are already signs with bomb shelters on buildings in Estonia. Everyone understands that this is not being done just like that, so we need to prepare for war so that it never happens, Klochok emphasized.

Recall that the damage to the underwater electric cable Estlink 2 occurred on December 25 in the Gulf of Finland. At that time, a Russian tanker was moving along the gulf, which was carrying oil. It was detained.