The Swedish coasts have grasped a Bulgarian ship “suspected of aggravated sabotage”. An operation that occurs after a new underwater cable has been damaged in the Baltic Sea.
Stockholm apprehended a Bulgarian ship as part of a survey for “aggravated sabotage” open after a new submarine cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Latvia on Monday.
Alexander Kalchev, CEO of the Bulgarian navigation company and owner of the boat, denied “Any malicious act” And said this incident is due to weather conditions “Extremely bad”. For his part, the damaged cable operator considers that there were reasons to believe that damage could be due to external influence.
The local media claim that two days before the incident, the ship left the Russian port of UST-Luga and headed for South America, loaded with fertilizer.
This incident follows similar cases reported in the past two months between Lithuania and Sweden, Germany and Finland, and Estonia and Finland, as well as increasing fears of cybernetic and hybrid interference Russia’s share.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said it could not be a coincidence and added that, too often in the Baltic Sea, “GPS signals are repeatedly disturbed, critical infrastructure is spyed by drones”.
She indicated that the EU and NATO had intensified their work in the region, especially in recent weeks, and has described plans to extend this coordination in order to “Strengthen our resilience”.
