Sweden’s PM on suspected cable sabotage: ‘We don’t believe random things suddenly happen quite often’

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, raised concerns that recent Baltic Sea submarine cable breaks may not be coincidental, amid mixed official assessments ranging from accidents to suspected intentional damage involving ships linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet.” Finland continues to detain the Eagle S after a Christmas Day cable break, while NATO allies have warned they may act against Russian vessels threatening undersea infrastructure and have launched “Baltic Sentry” to bolster regional detection and deterrence; Sweden emphasizes caution in attribution but views the frequency and scale of incidents as “pretty odd,” framing them within broader hybrid threat dynamics tied to the war in Ukraine.