US EditionBaltic Sea Cable Incident Sparks Investigation and Concerns
Latvian police boarded a vessel after damage to an undersea telecom cable near Liepaja, amid ongoing investigations linked to regional sabotage concerns since 2022, officials said.
- On Friday, Latvia's state police said an undersea telecoms cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea and authorities were notified on Friday, January 2, while Latvian investigators boarded an unidentified vessel on Sunday.
- Monitoring data showed a vessel crossed an inactive cable then moved over the damaged line running from Sventoji in Lithuania to Liepaja in Latvia, about 65 km apart, authorities suspect.
- After interviewing the crew, the police said on Monday they had no indications linking the ship to the cable damage; the ship remains docked in Liepaja port, while media reports identified two other vessels now docked in Latvia.
- Latvian communications users were reported unaffected, while the Baltic Sea region remains on high alert and national authorities are increasing patrols alongside NATO assets.
- Five days after Finnish police seized the cargo vessel, Friday's incident follows reports on December 31 that two cables between Estonia and Finland were damaged, with Estonian officials noting four other cables were hit earlier.
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After the further damage of a Baltic Sea cable, investigations by the Latvian authorities are ongoing. More is known about the incident on New Year's Eve.
Only New Year's Eve, now again: Only a few days after the cable destruction between Estonia and Finland a submarine cable in the Baltic Sea was damaged again – and ship data show a suspicious change of course, which indicates intention.
The ship in question is currently in the port of Liepāja, and the Latvian police have questioned the crew.
Another submarine cable has been damaged off the Latvian Baltic coast. Authorities are questioning the crew of a suspected vessel. This is the second such incident in the Baltic Sea within just a few days.
A fiber optic submarine cable was damaged off Latvia in the Baltic Sea, the second such incident in a week, against the background of recurrent suspicions of sabotage related to tensions with Russia. ...
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