A subsea data cable that has sustained damage offshore the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea remains operational, its Finnish owner said.

Swedish authorities said Friday they were 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.

Swedish authorities are investigating reports of a breach of an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on social media platform X on Friday. "I have for some time been aware of media reports of a possible new cable break in the Baltic Sea,

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.

The latest in a number of infrastructure damage incidents has renewed fears of Russian sabotage in the region. View on euronews