The bloc announced new steps to prevent threats to undersea lines after Sweden discovered damage to one east of Gotland island.

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.

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 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 bloc announced new steps to prevent threats to undersea lines after Sweden discovered damage to one east of Gotland island.

Swedish prosecutors are investigating suspected damage to an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea east of the Swedish island Gotland.

The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in

Swedish authorities are investigating damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, suspecting Russian sabotage. Recent incidents have raised security concerns, prompting the European Commission to propose measures for better protection and threat monitoring in the Mediterranean and Baltic regions,

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.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities are investigating a damaged cable that was discovered in the Baltic Sea, according to Swedish news agency TT. The breakage is the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the region.

The most recent break was found off the island of Gotland, south of Stockholm ... all reports of damage to infrastructure in the Baltic Sea very seriously. Additional details were not immediately ...

The breakage was found on a cable that runs between Germany and Finland off the island of Gotland, south of Stockholm ... to infrastructure in the Baltic Sea very seriously.