Swedish prosecutors have ordered the detention of a Russian vessel in the Baltic Sea following damage to an underwater fibre optic cable.
Swedish prosecutors announced that a vessel suspected of “gross sabotage” was being detained in the Baltic Sea. This followed the damage of an undersea communication cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland, prompting Nato to deploy patrol ships to the area.
“Several authorities, including the National Police Operations Department, the Coast Guard and the Armed Forces, are involved in the investigation,” said Mats Ljungqvist, senior prosecutor at the National Security Unit, in a statement.
According to the Associated Press, this sabotage investigation was triggered when Latvia’s state-run radio and TV centre LVRTC reported disruptions in data transmission on the cable running from the town of Ventspils to Gotland.
The LSM state broadcaster spoke to Vineta Sprugaine, head of corporate communications at LVRTC, who said: “At the moment,...