Russia's top-secret military unit reportedly plots undersea cable 'sabotage'

U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Russia’s secretive GUGI unit is preparing or positioning to sabotage undersea cables and other seabed infrastructure, citing sightings of Russian vessels near critical deep-sea assets and prior suspected operations in Nordic waters. Disruption of these fiber-optic and power cables could severely impact government, military, and commercial communications and energy flows, prompting heightened monitoring and warnings amid a broader uptick in Russian cyber activity.