Sweden seizes and boards ship suspected of cable damage in Baltic Sea

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Swedish authorities seized the Vezhen, sailing under the flag of Malta and registered with a Bulgarian shipping company, on Sunday over suspected sabotage of an underwater cable.

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00:00A Bulgarian ship was seized by authorities after an underwater cable running between

00:06Latvia and Sweden was damaged, sparking fresh fears of foreign sabotage.

00:12The cable operator said there was reason to believe that the damage may be due to external

00:16influence.

00:18The incident follows similar cases reported in the past two months within the Baltic region.

00:24Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said both the EU and NATO are intensifying

00:29cooperation to combat the danger.

00:51The seized vessel reportedly left the Russian port of Ust-Laga only two days before the

00:56incident.

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