Another undersea cable has been broken in the Baltic Sea, this time between Swedish Gotland and Ventspils in Latvia. What do we know about the suspected sabotage?

Swedish prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” of an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea. Prosecutors also ordered ... on the cable running from the town of Ventspils to the Swedish island of Gotland ...

An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces in the Baltic Sea.

Earlier this month, NATO began a new mission dubbed "Baltic Sentry" which included frigates, maritime patrol aircraft and a fleet of naval drones to provide "enhanced surveillance and deterrence" in the Baltic Sea which the transatlantic alliance says is to protect undersea cables and pipelines.

Latvia's prime minister says her government has reached out to Sweden and other Baltic Sea allies in NATO for assistance as it investigates the cause of damage to an underwater fiber-optic data cable running to Sweden.

On Sunday morning, an undersea fiber-optic cable belonging to the Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC) was damaged in the Baltic Sea, the center reported. Disruptions were recorded on the Ventspils–Gotland section of the cable, which ...

Police said there is suspicion that the Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship had been involved in serious cable damage discovered last weekend.

Through Captain Arunas’ binoculars, visibility is close to zero: "One kilometer, no more." The thick fog hanging over the Baltic Sea complicates the patrol for the 50 sailors aboard the Jotvingis. Their mission aboard the Lithuanian Navy command vessel: preventing hybrid threats as part of NATO's Baltic Sentinel operation.

Damage to the cable, which links the Latvian town of Ventspils with the island of ... Nato vessels of carrying “abuses” in the Baltic Sea under the guise of its recently announced patrol ...

The incident is the latest in a series of cases of cables being damaged in the Baltic Sea, amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The diplomatic mission sent an official request to the Tromso County police and is investigating the circumstances of the incident