NATO disrupts Russian submarine exercise targeting subsea cables near Svalbard

EXCLUSIVE: NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot - Reuters

EXCLUSIVE: NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot  Reuters

Russian submarines spotted off Svalbard while testing secret weapon

The UK, Norway and the US reportedly tracked Russian submarines testing a secret weapon near Svalbard that could be used to target critical undersea cables.

By Ольга Романська,Alona Mazurenko

NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot

Russian subs were caught in spring training in Arctic waters to unleash a secret weapon designed to clandestinely disable undersea cables.

NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot in Arctic waters

Britain and Norway disclosed in April that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters. But the discovery of the new weapon and the location of the operation had not been reported.

NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot deep in Arctic waters

The West fears the Kremlin is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe

By Sarah McFarlane in London and Gram Slattery in Washington

NATO allies disrupt Russian exercise involving secret weapon targeting subsea cables, Reuters reports

The operation was carried out by Russia's Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI), which used deep-sea submersibles to simulate deploying the technology, according to two Western officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.

By Polina Moroziuk

SSU foils FSB plot to assassinate public activist in Kyiv region, arrests suspect

The counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) arrested and served a notice of suspicion to a 19-year-old resident of Mykolaiv who, on orders from Russian intelligence services, was preparing to assassinate a prominent public figure in the Kyiv region.