Twice in the past year, Chinese-flagged vessels have almost certainly severed subsea cables on the Baltic seafloor by dredging their anchors for long distances, European investigators believe. Quietly, sources close to the inquiries have suggested that the vessels may have acted at the direction of Russian intelligence.
Ok so this is probably just the start of a huge wave of cable incidents.
Based on the weak response they have gotten so far, there isn’t any reason for them to stop.