The Latvian Navy sent a patrol ship to the area where damage to the submarine cable between Latvia and Sweden is suspected. This was reported by LSM.
The publication states that the Latvian Navy contacted Sweden and other NATO allies regarding the incident. The publication emphasizes that there is a constant exchange of information between the parties.
The Latvian Maritime Operations Center also examined the movement of ships in the cable damage area. The publication says that two more ships were detected located outside the territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone of the republic.
before that reportedIt was stated that the undersea fiber optic cable laid at the bottom of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden was damaged, probably due to external influences.
January 14 Swedish Civil Defense Minister Karl-Oskar Bohlin statedIt was stated that the submarine cable connecting Sweden, Lithuania, Germany and Finland in the Baltic Sea was damaged. The Swedish Ministry of Defense announced that the damage was caused by a Chinese ship anchored 160 kilometers off the coast. The ministry believes that the actions of the ship’s crew may have been deliberate and that the ship’s captain may have been recruited by Russian intelligence services.
Previously in Lithuania offered Imposing sanctions on broken sea cables.
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Source: Gazeta
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