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Russian ships are involved in the Baltic Sea exercises in 2023 (photo: Russian Defense Ministry/Handout Via Reuters)
Sweden’s authorities have begun investigations on suspicion of diversion after damage to the fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden.
This was reported by Swedish Security Service.
It is noted that the intelligence services are conducting a preliminary investigation to find out the circumstances of probable damage to the cable, which runs between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea. Currently, the qualification of the crime is diversion.
Swedish law enforcement officers say they detained a ship suspected of diversion.
“The security police are conducting a preliminary investigation because it can be a serious crime that can at least partially be directed against Swedish interests,” the statement said.
On January 26, the underwater fiber cable of the Latvian State Center for Radio and TV, LVRTC was damaged in the Baltic Sea. There is reason to believe that the cable has undergone significant damage and this was due to external influence, Western media reported.
Damage to cables in the Baltic Sea – what is known
On November 18, 2024, the technical director of Lithuanian telecommunications company Telia Andrews Shemeshkiavichus reported that the underwater cable, which was in the Baltic Sea, was damaged between Lithuania and Sweden.
Soon the Finnish authorities reported damage to the second underwater cable Estlink 2, which was laid through the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany.
CNN noted that these incidents occurred a few weeks after the United States was warned of strengthening Russian military activity around key submarine cables.
On November 27, The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators believe that the Chinese dry cargo of Yi Peng 3 could deliberately pull the anchor the bottom of the Baltic Sea, which probably led to damage to two submarine communication cables.
On December 25, there were three more maritime cables between Estonia and Finland in Estonia. The damage was suspected of tanker eagle S, which walks under the flag of Cook Islands and may be part “shadow fleet »of the Russian Federation.
On December 27, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the North Atlantic Alliance would strengthen its presence in the area.
On January 19, 2025, The Washington Post, citing its own sources, reported that US and European security services believed that cable damage at the Baltic Sea was the result of accidents, not sabotage from Russia.