Sweden examines sabotage on telecabolic in the Baltic Sea
Sweden examines sabotage on telecabolic in the Baltic Sea
On Friday, the Swedish police announced that they are suspected of sabotage on a submarine in the Ostsee . The Sweden coast guard sent a ship to the region in which several
The Baltic Sea region is on alert, and NATO has increased its presence after a number of failures in power cables, telecommunications connections and gas pipelines have occurred since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Most of these incidents were caused by civil ships that carried their anchors. The Finnish telecommunications provider Cinia reported on Friday that minor damage to its submarine fiber optic compound C-Lion1 was found, which connects Finland and Germany. Fortunately, however, this has no effect on the functionality of the cable. The Swedish police examined the incident because the damage in Sweden's economic zone has occurred, as police spokesman Mathias Rutegard told Reuters. "The preliminary examination is related to the suspicion of sabotage," added Rutegard. It has been the third time in the past few months that the C-Lion1 cable from Cinia has been damaged. Before that, it was completely severed in November and December of last year. The Swedish coast guard sent a ship to support the investigations near the island of Gotland. The Swedish public prosecutor announced that it was not involved in the investigation of the cable incident. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson expressed that the government would be informed about the incident and that damage to any Subsee infrastructure is particularly worrying in view of the current security situation. crisis in the Baltic Sea
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repeated damage to C-Lion1
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