Another submarine cable was broken off the Latvian Baltic Sea coast. The authorities are questioning the crew of a suspected ship. It is the second incident on the Baltic Sea inside a couple of days.
A submarine cable within the Baltic Sea has been broken once more – this break day Latvia. “Damage to a fiber optic cable belonging to a private company was discovered in the Baltic Sea near Liepaja,” stated Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina on the X platform.
According to the Latvian police, the suspected explanation for the injury was a ship. The actual circumstances of the incident, which occurred on January 2nd in Latvian territorial waters, are nonetheless unclear.
After evaluating data from the Latvian Navy, the ship is alleged to have first sailed over an inactive cable after which modified its course to the now broken cable, the police stated. The ship, which is at present within the port of Liepaja, has not been arrested and the crew is cooperating with investigators, Latvian police stated.
Second incident inside every week
The injury to the submarine cable is the second incident in every week within the Baltic Sea. An information cable between Estonia and Finland was broken on New Year’s Eve. A ship that was discovered and detained by the Finnish authorities with its anchor chain down is beneath suspicion.
Similar incidents had occurred a number of instances earlier than. The suspects are ships from the Russian shadow fleet, i.e. tankers and different service provider ships that Russia is utilizing to avoid Western sanctions on account of the assault on Ukraine.
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