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PM says damage is probably result of external influence and vessel suspected of involvement is under...

 

 

An undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, probably as a result of external influence, Riga has said, prompting Nato to deploy patrol ships to the area and triggering a sabotage investigation by Swedish authorities.

 

Sweden’s security service has seized control of a vessel as part of the inquiry, the country’s prosecution authority said.

 

“We are now carrying out a number of concrete investigative measures, but I cannot go into what they consist of due to the ongoing preliminary investigation,” senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said.

 

“We have determined that there is most likely external damage and that it is significant,” the Latvian prime minister, Evika Siliņa, told reporters after an extraordinary government meeting.

 

Latvia was coordinating with Nato and the countries of the Baltic Sea region to clarify the circumstances, she said separately in a post on X.

 

Latvia’s navy said earlier on Sunday it had dispatched a patrol boat to inspect a ship and that two other vessels were also subject to investigation.

 

Nato said last week it would deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserved the right to take action against ships suspected of posing a security threat.

 

“Nato ships and aircrafts are working together with national resources from the Baltic Sea countries to investigate and, if necessary, take action,” the alliance said on Sunday.

 

Swedish navy spokesperson Jimmie Adamsson earlier told Reuters it was too soon to say what caused the damage to the cable or whether it was intentional or a technical fault.

 

The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, said his country was cooperating closely with Latvia and Nato over the latest incident. “Sweden will contribute important capabilities to the ongoing effort to investigate the suspected incident,” Kristersson said on X.

[Stubby]

North Korean troops withdrawn from the front line after suffering catastrophic losses . Estimates say  about half of the deployed number have been killed or wounded . Some have been captured also . Not been seen now for about two weeks .

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, Stubby said:

North Korean troops withdrawn from the front line after suffering catastrophic losses . Estimates say  about half of the deployed number have been killed or wounded . Some have been captured also . Not been seen now for about two weeks .

Where’d you read that Stubs?

[Stubby]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Where’d you read that Stubs?

Not sure where I read it first  ( it was at the beginning of the week ) just did a search  and the first one that popped up was from the New York Times butt they are not alone .

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s appeared on the BBC website in the last hour.

[Mark Bolam]

It’s lucky that their leader is totally sane and will take this news philosophically.

[Mesterh]

Looks like Trump has bowed down to Putin and said see you later to Ukraine.

 

[peds]

14 minutes ago, Mesterh said:

Looks like Trump has bowed down to Putin and said see you later to Ukraine.

 

Yes, but it is interesting to see how the situation is framed depending on where you read it - just like every other Trump-centric story.

[Stubby]

Due to equipment ( vehicular ) losses Russia is now using donkeys to transport ammo and kit to soldiers on the front line .

[sime42]

39 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Due to equipment ( vehicular ) losses Russia is now using donkeys to transport ammo and kit to soldiers on the front line .

 

Donkeys are probably more reliable than what they were using.