Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage

A photo taken on Jan. 26, 2025 shows the HNLMS Luymes A803 of the Royal Netherlands Navy, a NATO vessel, docked at Ofelia Plads in Copenhagen Harbor. The vessel will participate in NATO's enhanced patrol mission in the Baltic Sea, Baltic Sentry.

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