There are increasing fears that the force of Russia, which the western states blame, among others, for damaging offshore telecommunications cables, moves from the Baltic Sea to the far north. According to the Financial Times, the most isolated areas could be threatened first – Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
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According to the newspaper, these Arctic territories have a minimum number of cables, and the scale of their infrastructure sensitivity is incomparable even to places specified as the United Kingdom. The Faroe Islands have only 2 cables connecting them to the world. Denmark and Greenland are so planning to build a fresh transmission cable between themselves and the Faroe authorities are discussing the direction of the next line by the archipelago.
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Greenland typical in the Danish Parliament, Aaja Chemnitz, recalled that the world's largest island presently has only 2 connections – 1 from Canada and 1 from Iceland. – The sensitivity you see in the western world, here you can multiply times a thousand. If individual cuts 1 of our wires, We won't have the Internet. for six-nine months – she told journalists.
The construction of additional infrastructure is intended to guarantee that any possible harm to 1 connection does not paralyze communication completely.
Last period Denmark announced spending of $8.7 billion – on F-35 fighters and to strengthen safety in the Arctic, including new cable to Greenland. In addition, talks are planned on joining the Faroe Islands project.
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At the same time, Western services remind us that the distance, harsh conditions and low population make the Arctic unique susceptible to hybrid effects. There were no authoritative “spectacular” incidents, but, as officials indicate, any of the attacks may have simply remained unnoticed.
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Several cables have already been reported in the region, although the perpetrators have not been established. The link between Shetland, Orkady and the Faroe Islands and Scotland was broken 3 times – in 2022 and twice in 2025 – which translated into problems with net access. In January 2022 the cable leading to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard was damaged. As determined by the broadcaster NRK, just before the accident in the area, it flowed over 140 times Russian fishing vessel. However, the prosecution yet dropped the case.
While Arctic States have reserve agreements with satellite operators, satellites, as experts emphasize, cover only a tiny part of the demand. In the case of Greenland, it is only 1% of Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir stressed in her conversation with the ‘FT’ that Iceland has its own reserve links, ‘sufficient for key needs’, but that they will not replace the full cable infrastructure.
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The UNIAN Agency recalls, however, that the Danish authorities are convinced that Russia is systematically building its offensive capabilities in the Arctic over the last 2 decades. In their opinion, as shortly as Moscow considers that "the conditions are favourable", it will Trying to make a much greater threat in the region.
According to the newspaper The British military is already conducting exercises, which assumes a simulation of the Russian attack on NATO's northern flank – 1 year after a hypothetical truce in Ukraine. The maneuvers take place in northern Norway, under Arctic conditions.
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