Sweden investigates suspected sabotage of undetective telecom cable

The Swedish police is investigating the suspected sabotage of an undercord telecom cable in the Baltic Sea, connecting Germany and Finland.

A series of underest cables and gas pipelines have been damaged in suspicious attacks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Motivate NATO to launch a monitoring mission Last month in the sea.

The Swedish Coastguard has sent a research vessel to the east of Gotland, the largest island in the country and the latest violation of informed place.

Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Christsson has said that the government is aware of the cable brake and should be “seen in the context of the current serious security situation”.

The cable owner, Finnish Telecom Operators Cineya said that he detected a minor damage to his fiber-optic cable, but also said that it was still working as usual.

Cineya also said that this is the third time this cable has been damaged in recent months.

Cable was Separated in November last year,

In the last few months, there has been an increase in damage to the underseet infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, which is pulling its anchor into cables due to large -scale civil ships.

The Swedish police have stated “preliminary investigation is related to suspicious sabotage”. The Swedish Coastguard has said that they do not know when the damage was done.

“We have a ship called KBV 003 in the east of Gotland. It is in the Swedish economic zone and we are assisting the crime site investigating the crime site,” the Coastguard said.

European leaders have suspected Russian participation in violations.

However, bad weather, insufficient equipment and human error have been found responsible for some damage.

Bulgarian ship Vehne was vandalized by Swedish officials earlier this month.