Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has proposed joint monitoring of the Baltic Sea by the navies of the Baltic NATO states following damage to undersea communication cables in the region. "Baltic Air Policing already exists for the airspace over the Baltic Sea,

Sections of two telecom cables were cut on Nov 17 and 18 in Swedish territorial waters of the Baltic Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The suggestion comes after a 1,000-kilometer-long undersea telecoms cable linking Finland and Germany, and another connecting Sweden to Lithuania were severed last week. A Chinese-flagged ship that departed Russia and sailed through the Baltic Sea is suspected of being involved.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged Baltic and Nordic countries to cooperate on Baltic Sea security amid rising tensions with Russia.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants to create a Baltic Sea policing mission to protect infrastructure after two Baltic Sea telecoms cables were cut last week.

"I will convince our partners of the need to immediately create an analogous formula when it comes to the control and security of the Baltic waters, to 'navy policing', a joint un

Poland will propose a maritime policing program in the Baltic Sea similar to air-monitoring missions carried out by NATO members, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.