European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States warned that Moscow was likely to target critical undersea infrastructure.

Two telecommunications cables cut in the Baltic Sea in 48 hours prompted European officials to say Tuesday that they suspect "sabotage" and "hybrid warfare" linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine."Our European security is not only under threat from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine,

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Tuesday that the damage to two underwater fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea is considered an act of sabotage, even though the perpetrators remain unknown.