Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotage

Sweden has seized a vessel suspected of damaging a Latvia-Sweden subsea fiber cable amid a series of recent Baltic Sea cable and power line incidents, prompting Latvian coordination with NATO and heightened regional monitoring. Authorities cite possible deliberate anchor dragging and reference Russia’s “shadow fleet” tactics, while the UK shadowed the Russian vessel Yantar near its waters. NATO is accelerating deployment of undersea-monitoring drones, and investigations continue into December’s Finnish cable ruptures linked to the Eagle S tanker’s anchor.