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Baltic Sea security risks grow as Russia targets critical infrastructure, Polish researchers say (www.intellinews.com)
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The Baltic Sea is becoming increasingly important to the security and economies of Poland and its northern European neighbours, but growing Russian hybrid activity is exposing energy infrastructure, ports, shipping and air navigation to new risks, Poland's Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) said.

The sea has become a critical corridor for energy, trade and military logistics for Nato and European Union members including Poland, the Baltic states, Finland and Sweden, while Denmark and Germany also have growing strategic interests in the region, the Warsaw-based think tank said in a report.

“[T]he task of securing energy and telecommunications infrastructure, safeguarding freedom of maritime and air navigation as well as building resilience to Russian hybrid activity is becoming one of the foremost challenges for the states of the Baltic Sea region," OSW said.

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For Poland, the Baltic has become particularly important to energy security. The Baltic Pipe gas link and liquefied natural gas terminal at Swinoujscie together provide import capacity approaching Poland's annual gas consumption, while the Naftoport oil terminal in Gdansk handles all crude oil supplies to the country's refineries.

Offshore wind could eventually provide up to one-third of Poland's domestic electricity demand, further increasing the strategic importance of infrastructure in the Baltic, OSW said.

The Polish ports of Gdansk, Gdynia and Szczecin-Swinoujscie also account for more than 40% of the value of Poland's foreign trade and are important military logistics hubs on Nato's northeastern flank, according to the report.

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Overall, OSW said the region needed to combine national investment with stronger Nato and EU cooperation rather than treating individual incidents in isolation.

"The states of the region should give priority to full transposition of the EU CER and NIS2 Directives into their domestic legal orders," it said, referring to EU rules covering critical infrastructure resilience and cybersecurity.

It also stressed the need to develop regional systems for sharing information about threats and incidents.

"The use of ‘shadow fleet’ vessels to conduct activities that threaten the security of critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea provides an important reason for coastal states to persist in efforts to limit the navigation of these vessels and increase maritime security," OSW said.

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[-] BigShammy80@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

Just sink known ships of this "shadow fleet". I mean, it's clearly known, that Putin is nuts! Show him his limits

[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Let's not sink oil ships on purpose though.

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