Sweden has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland earlier that day.

The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus.

Swedish authorities have seized a ship suspected of damaging a data cable running under the Baltic Sea to Latvia. Prosecutors said an initial investigation pointed to sabotage, and an inquiry has been launched involving Sweden's police,

SWEDISH authorities have seized a ship suspected of causing damage to underwater data cables which sparked sabotage fears. A Maltese-flagged ship – The Vezhen – was taken after

Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.

Another undersea cable has been broken in the Baltic Sea, this time between Swedish Gotland and Ventspils in Latvia. What do we know about the suspected sabotage?

Russia has condemned the Western alliance for ramping up its naval presence in the so-called 'NATO lake' after alleged sabotage by Moscow-linked vessels.

The Vezhen was seized in Swedish waters, where it was anchored. The ship’s Bulgarian owners claim the damage was accidental, but authorities are investigating.

Bulgarian bulker owner Navibulgar admitted that one of its ships may have cut an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea over the weekend, but dismissed suspicions raised by Swedish authorities that this could have been sabotage.

SOFIA, January 27. /TASS/. The Bulgarian vessel Vezhen is suspected of damaging the communication cable between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea, Aleksandar Kalchev, executive director of the state-owned company Bulgarian Marine Fleet, reported after the detention of the Malta-flagged ship.

The operation follows a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the strategic region.