NATO disrupts Russian undersea ops near Svalbard targeting subsea cables

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BIG | 🇳🇴🇷🇺‼️‼️ NATO forces reportedly disrupted covert Russian undersea activity near Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, where Russian vessels were suspected of practicing methods that could be used to damage critical subsea communications infrastructure. According to the reports, vessels associated with Russia’s Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research were operating near the two fiber-optic cables connecting Svalbard with mainland Norway. The islands host SvalSat, one of the world’s largest pola