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Ship’s Movements Coinciding With Damage to Baltic Sea Cables Raises Questions: Swedish Minister

Despite the presence of the Chinese cargo vessel Yi Peng 3 near the damaged cables, no direct link has been established, and investigations are ongoing.
Ship’s Movements Coinciding With Damage to Baltic Sea Cables Raises Questions: Swedish Minister
A Sea King helicopter flies over the Baltic Sea near Rostock, Germany, on June 5, 2023. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Owen Evans
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The movements of an as-yet-unnamed ship coincided with the timing and location of recent damage to communication cables in the Baltic Sea, a Swedish minister said on Nov. 20.

Two undersea fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea were damaged: one between Lithuania and Sweden was severed on Nov. 17, and another between Finland and Germany was cut on Nov. 18, less than 24 hours later.

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