Swedish police said on Friday they were investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and the country’s coast guard deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.

Swedish authorities say they are investigating a damaged cable that was discovered in the Baltic Sea, the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the region.

Finland is releasing an oil tanker linked to suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea power and internet lines last year. The vessel will be escorted to international waters while the criminal investigation continues.

The Baltic Sea has become a tense region in recent years. Damaged infrastructure and geopolitical tensions have raised concerns about security. One recent case involved the tanker Eagle S, which was suspected of damaging undersea cables between Finland and Estonia.

Swedish police are investigating the latest suspected incident of undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea. The new incident involves suspected sabotage of a telecoms cable connecting Sweden and Germany. In Q4 2024, there were a number of incidents of high-priority cable damage in the Baltic Sea.

Swedish and Finnish police said they were investigating a suspected case of sabotage of the C-Lion1 cable running along the seabed from Finland to Germany.

Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and Sweden's coast guard has deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.

The Eagle S oil tanker, which is thought to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet," was allowed to leave Finland's waters after it was detained on suspicion of sabotaging undersea Baltic cables, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported on March 2.

An oil tanker believed to belong to Russia's "shadow fleet" and suspected of sabotaging undersea Baltic cables has been allowed to leave Finland's waters, where it has been held since December, Finnish police said Sunday.

Finland will release an oil tanker which investigators believe broke a Baltic Sea power cable and four internet lines late last year, and will escort the vessel to international waters even as the criminal probe continues,