The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus.

NATO's recent "Baltic Sentry" mission, launched on January 14, 2024, to protect critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, has provoked strong reactions from Russia. The mission was initiated after incidents involving damaged cables,

Swedish authorities have seized a ship suspected of damaging a data cable running under the Baltic Sea to Latvia. The Vezhen - a Maltese-flagged ship - is now anchored outside the Swedish port of Karlskrona.

The mission, dubbed Baltic Sentry, follows worry over increased Russian military activity near key undersea communication cables.

VILNIUS - After another cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea on Sunday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas said on Monday that the European Union (EU) could provide financial support to countries affected by apparent acts of sabotage.

The underwater cable in the Baltic Sea may have been damaged by a Bulgarian cargo ship, raising suspicions of a "sabotage act." The investigation will determine whether an anchor was involved. The vessel had previously docked in a Russian port.

Swedish authorities have boarded a Maltese-flagged ship linked to a Baltic Sea cable breach. Allegedly damaged by external forces, the undersea cable between Latvia and Sweden led to NATO deploying patrols and launching a sabotage probe.

Numerous incidents of suspected Russian-linked sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has seen tensions rise among nearby countries, and an increased Nato presence.

Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.

Russia has condemned the Western alliance for ramping up its naval presence in the so-called 'NATO lake' after alleged sabotage by Moscow-linked vessels.

A large Nato flotilla has gathered off the coast of Estonia, with the goal of securing the critical undersea cables and pipelines that run across the Baltic Sea. This mission comes in response to a series of incidents where important infrastructure was damaged,