Suspected mapping of offshore energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic, 2024
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the 2024 continuation of an effort it attributes to Russia to map offshore infrastructure; Euronews reported NATO calling Russian attacks on undersea cables the most serious threat to infrastructure. It codes the incident as reconnaissance, apparent goal preparation for potential sabotage, target energy / communications infrastructure, location North Sea, Baltic Sea; the dataset records it as running from January 2024 to 2024-12-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 January 2024
- Where
- North Sea and Baltic Sea, No single country
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Euronews
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Suspected mapping of offshore energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic, 2024", ev-20261027-3d3r, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-3d3r/