Baltic Sea cable break: Finland and Germany in great concern!

Baltic Sea cable break: Finland and Germany in great concern!

Ostsee, Deutschland - Telecommunications in danger!

A dramatic incident shakes the Baltic Sea! The state Finnish company Cinia has reported a shocking defect in the Subssekabel C-Lion1 between Helsinki and Rostock. Experts suspect that the cable was damaged by external influences such as anchors or basic towing nets. The communication connections are interrupted and the causes are still completely unclear! The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin are “deeply concerned” about the situation.

But that's not all! According to reports, a cable between Sweden and Lithuania was also damaged. The Lithuanian radio broadcaster LRT reported that a cable between the Swedish island of Gotland and Lithuania was physically affected on Sunday. A spokesman for the Swedish communications company Telia confirmed the damage, but so far Lithuanian Telia customers have not been severely affected. Swedish authorities have already initiated investigations into both incidents.

a cable of crucial importance

The C-Lion1 cable extends over 1,173 kilometers and is the only submarine cable that connects Finland directly with Central Europe. Since its commissioning in 2016, it has been of great importance for the Internet connections of Finnish consumers. Although Finland has numerous other connections, concern for the stability of the digital infrastructure remains high. Cinia assumes that the repair of the cable could take between 5 and 15 days. A repair ship from Calais is needed to lift the cable from the sea.

The situation raises questions! In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Germany and Finland expressed their concern about the possibility of intentional damage. "The fact that such an incident immediately causes the suspicion of intentional damage speaks volumes about the inconsistency of our time," said Annalena Baerbock and Elina Valtonen. The security of the critical infrastructures in the Baltic Sea has been the focus of the public since the Russian attack war against Ukraine and the sabotage files on the North Stream pipelines.