Swedish police said on Friday they were investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and the country’s coast guard deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.

STOCKHOLM — Swedish authorities said Friday they were investigating a damaged cable that was discovered in the Baltic Sea , the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the region.

The bloc announced new steps to prevent threats to undersea lines after Sweden discovered damage to one east of Gotland island.

In the Baltic Sea, a new probable break in an underwater cable has been discovered. The damage reportedly occurred to an electric cable that runs between Finland and Germany, Yle and Reuters report. Details about electric cable According to Finnish media,

A string of incidents involving damage to cables and other infrastructure in the Baltic Sea have occurred in recent months, amid soaring tensions between the West and Russia over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Swedish authorities are investigating damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, suspecting Russian sabotage. Recent incidents have raised security concerns, prompting the European Commission to propose measures for better protection and threat monitoring in the Mediterranean and Baltic regions,

NATO is ratcheting up its guard against suspected attempts to sabotage underwater energy and data cables and pipelines that crisscross the Baltic Sea.

In just three months, three incidents of damage to Baltic Sea underwater cables have taken place. While accidential cable slices are common, the cluster raises suspicion.

Finnish telecom operator Cinia said on Friday that it had detected minor damage on its C-Lion1 undersea fibre-optic link connecting Finland and Germany but that there was no impact on the cable’s func

A suspected new undersea cable break has occurred in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden’s Gotland Island, Yle News reported on Friday, citing the Swedish Coast Guard.