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Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage

Headline from Voice of America

There have been a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines have been damaged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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  1. Digital Journal

    Sweden seizes ship suspected of Baltic Sea cable 'sabotage' (opens Digital Journal)

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    Sweden on Sunday said it had seized a ship suspected of having damaged a fibre-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking the country to Latvia, which sent

  2. CNN

    Baltic undersea cable likely damaged by external force, Latvia says (opens CNN)

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    An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces in the Baltic Sea.

  3. The Kyiv Independent

    Fiber-optic cable between Latvia and Sweden significantly damaged in Baltic Sea, investigation underway (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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  4. Digital Journal

    Undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia damaged: Swedish PM (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Latvia said it had dispatched a warship on Sunday after damage to a fibre optic cable to Sweden that may have been "due to external factors".The navy said

  5. Breitbart News

    'Serious Sabotage': Sweden Impounds Ship After Another Baltic Cable Cut (opens Breitbart News)

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    Swedish and Latvian authorities investigate alleged sabotage in the Baltic which Bulgarian operator insists was a simple accident.

  6. Voice of America

    Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    There have been a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines have been damaged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

  7. Green Field Reporter

    Sweden seizes vessel suspected of 'sabotage' after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic Sea - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Swedish prosecutors announced Sunday night that they have 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…

  8. Voice of America

    Sweden intercepts Bulgarian ship over damaged Baltic cable (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The ship's owner denied involvement in any sabotage

  9. The Republic

    Sweden seizes vessel suspected of 'sabotage' after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic Sea (opens The Republic)

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    RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Swedish prosecutors announced Sunday night that they have 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…

  10. Legal Insurrection

    Sweden Captures Ship Suspected of 'Sabotage' in Undersea Fiber Optic Cable Rupture (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    Today's incident is not an auspicious start to NATO's "Baltic Sentry" naval protection program, which officially began in early January.

  11. WHEC Rochester

    A Bulgarian shipping company denies its vessel sabotaged a Baltic Sea cable (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian shipping company on Monday denied that one of its ships had intentionally damaged an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland.

  12. New York Times

    Sweden Suspects ‘Gross Sabotage’ After Damage to Cable Under the Baltic Sea (opens New York Times)

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    The Nordic country has opened an investigation into the damage, just weeks after NATO stepped up its military presence in the area following a series of similar incidents.

  13. Newsweek

    NATO ally seizes ship after latest Baltic undersea cable sabotage (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

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

  14. The Conversation US

    Suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage by Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ is ramping up regional defence (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    Anchor-dragging incidents in the Baltic Sea are leading to an increased naval presence.

  15. UPI

    Sweden boards ship suspected of undersea cable damage (opens UPI)

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    Swedish authorities boarded a vessel suspected of being involved in an earlier underwater sabotage of cables in the Baltic Sea on Monday.

  16. Deutsche Welle

    Sweden seizes ship suspected of Baltic cable sabotage (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Sweden's coastguard has intercepted a Bulgarian ship after fiber optic cables between Sweden and Latvia were damaged. Suspected sabotage of such undersea links in the Baltic Sea has been blamed on Russia.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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