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Schweden berichtet über Schaden am Unterwasserkabel in der Baltischen See

October 18, 2023 - Die schwedische Regierung sagt, ihr Unterwasser Telekom-Kabel mit Estland wurde zur ungefähr gleichen Zeit wie die Gas Pipeline und Kabel, die Finnland und Estland verbinden, beschädigt.

Separately, Finnish investigators said they had identified vessels operating in the area where the damage to the pipeline and cable occurred on Oct. 8, naming two of them, a Russian-flagged ship and a Chinese-owned vessel.

The damage to the Swedish-Estonian cable was sustained outside the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Sweden, the country’s civil defence minister, Carl-Oskar Bohlin said, and the cable continues to function since then.

Europe and NATO have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure around and under the Baltic Sea.

The latest incidents follow explosions in September 2022 that ruptured the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea and cut Europe’s supply of Russian gas.

Finland said on Oct. 8 that the Baltic-connector subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia had been damaged in what may have been a deliberate act.

Finnish authorities said last week that “external marks” had been found on the seabed beside the damaged pipeline and that they were reviewing vessel traffic in the area at the time of the rupture, according to Reuters.

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PUBLISHED: 18/10/2023; STORY: Graphic News
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