NATO is sending two ships to monitor critical undersea infrastructure and Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Baltic Sea following recent undersea cable cuts, Finland's foreign minister said Friday. The Estlink 2 submarine cable,

While the risk of damage, deliberate or accidental, to energy and communications infrastructure under the Baltic Sea cannot be entirely eliminated, naval cooperation among the democratic states that surround the sea can help to enhance deterrence against attacks,

NATO's standing maritime group will set off from its base in the German port of Kiel on Saturday for the Baltic states. The group had been concentrating on the North Sea, but recent tensions in the Baltic have resulted in a change of priorities.