Russian provocations in the Baltic Sea aim to test NATO's response, according to a Polish admiral.

The Russian Federation is disrupting mobile communication and vessel tracking data in the Baltic Sea. This poses a threat to ships.

As reported by RBK-Ukraine, this was stated by the commander of the Polish Naval Operations Center, Vice Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski, according to Reuters.

In his opinion, Russia is interfering with mobile communication and vessel tracking data in the Baltic Sea to test the response of Western nations.

He pointed out that Moscow systematically employs such tactics to obscure the movements of its vessels and to disrupt the operations of others in the sea, which borders eight NATO countries and Russia.

"The hybrid warfare in the Baltic is the greatest challenge we face. We are talking about Russia's aggressive behavior. They are trying to disrupt our lives. They are also testing us as an alliance to see how far they can go," said Jaworski.

What preceded this

Previously, we reported that two underwater telecommunications cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea, specifically the C-Lion1, which connects Helsinki and Rostock. At that time, a Chinese cargo ship, Yi Peng 3, captained by a Russian, was among the suspects.

It later became known that a cable between Lithuania and Sweden was found damaged in the Baltic Sea. Even later, specialists discovered a new cable break between Sweden and Finland, which occurred on land in Finland.

Simultaneously, NATO's commander for concepts and transformation, Pierre Vandier, stated that the Alliance has begun planning the creation of its own fleet of unmanned boats, aimed at helping to protect critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.