{
  "id": 6620679,
  "title": "NATO allies disrupt Russian preparations to disable Arctic undersea cables near Svalbard, Reuters reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/nato-allies-disrupt-russian-preparations-to-disable-arctic-undersea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T18:03:13.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/297036"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the spring of 2026, the UK, Norway, and the U.S. disrupted a Russian operation near the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, where deep-sea vessels were practicing the use of new technology designed to covertly disable undersea cables, according to a Reuters report citing two Western officials. According to the news agency, the operation was carried out by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Main…",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "NATO allies foil Russian operation preparing sabotage against subsea cables",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/nato-allies-foil-russian-operation-preparing-sabotage-against-subsea",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Russia rehearsed how to disable Europe’s undersea communications cables near Svalbard. NATO forces drove them off",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/russia-rehearsed-how-to-disable-europes-undersea-communications",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:09:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "NATO tracks Russian submarines testing undersea cable weapon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/nato-tracks-russian-submarines-testing-undersea-cable-weapon",
        "published": "2026-09-10T17:50:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ynetnews",
        "title": "Report: NATO confronted Russian submarines testing secret weapon aimed at undersea cables",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/report-nato-confronted-russian-submarines-testing-secret-weapon-aimed",
        "published": "2026-09-10T19:16:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "NATO allies successfully thwart Russian undersea cable sabotage operation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/nato-allies-successfully-thwart-russian-undersea-cable-sabotage",
        "published": "2026-09-10T20:12:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}