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Following another incident in which a data cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish coastguard has detained the suspect vessel. The Swedish public prosecutor's office is investigating on suspicion of serious sabotage. The "Vezhen" is once again believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet.
Footage from Swedish broadcaster SVT showed emergency services boarding the ship in the dark. The Maltese-flagged ship was anchored further south of Karlskrona on Monday morning. It was accompanied by a patrol vessel and a Swedish coastguard boat at the time.
Cable is used by state broadcaster
Prior to this, there had been another incident in which a data cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea. This time it was a cable that runs between Sweden and Latvia and is used by the Latvian State Radio and Television Center.
The damage occurred in Sweden's exclusive economic zone. The Swedish public prosecutor's office announced late on Sunday evening that it was investigating possible serious sabotage and had detained a suspicious vessel.
Next incident with ship from Russian shadow fleet?
In recent weeks, suspected acts of sabotage on cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea have repeatedly caused a stir. The damage is said to have been deliberately caused by ship anchors, in the last incident in December by the ship "Eagle S", which was detained by Finland and is said to belong to the so-called Russian shadow fleet.
This refers to tankers and other cargo ships with opaque ownership structures that Russia uses to circumvent sanctions as a result of its invasion of Ukraine, for example in the transportation of oil.
EU responds with sanctions
The EU has now imposed sanctions on dozens of these ships. However, the actual size of the fleet is likely to be much larger - Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda spoke at the summit of between 600 and 1000 ships estimated to be sailing the seas.
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