Intelligence officials in the U.S. and Europe have suggested that recent incidents damaging critical cables in the Baltic Sea were accidental, according to a Washington Post report. Western geostrategic self-deception has overly emphasized fears of escalation and cornering Russia.

A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater.

The operation follows a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the strategic region. "Fourteen men and women, French sailors were on board this French Navy aircraft an Atlantic 2 and it's flying over the Baltic Sea,