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U.S. Navy ship joins NATO’s Baltic Sea patrol mission

USS Bulkeley, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, began patrolling the Baltic Sea as part of NATO’s Operation Baltic Sentry, protecting undersea infrastructure from Russian sabotage, Business Insider reported on Oct. 1.

1 October 2025, 11:55 PM

Finland charges crew of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker over Baltic Sea cable damage

Finland’s prosecutor’s office has charged crew members of the Russian “shadow fleet” vessel Eagle S with sabotage and gross disruption of telecommunications, Finnish outlet Yle reported on Aug. 11.

11 August 2025, 06:56 PM

Estonia not planning to release Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker without reinspection

Estonian authorities said they do not intend to release the Russian-linked tanker Kiwala, currently detained in the Baltic Sea and identified as part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” until a follow-up inspection is completed, Estonia’s public broadcaster ERR reported on April 17.

17 April 2025, 12:44 PM

Another Baltic Sea cable cut, Finland-Germany link affected

A new undersea cable disruption was detected in the Baltic Sea, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X on Feb. 21.

21 February 2025, 02:30 PM

Norway detains Russian-crewed vessel over Baltic cable damage

Norwegian police have searched the Silver Dania vessel, which has a Russian crew, on suspicion of involvement in damaging an undersea fiber optic cable, VG outlet wrote on Jan. 30.

31 January 2025, 02:15 PM

Sweden investigates Latvia-Sweden undersea cable sabotage

Swedish authorities have launched an investigation into a suspected sabotage case following damage to an underwater fiber-optic cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden, the country's Security Service wrote on Jan. 26.

27 January 2025, 11:37 AM

Nine suspects figure in Finland's undersea cable sabotage probe

The number of suspects in the investigation of the undersea cable damage in the Gulf of Finland in December 2024 has increased to nine, Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported on Jan. 13, citing the country's National Criminal Police.

14 January 2025, 12:01 PM

Russian citizen involved in suspected undersea cable sabotage

A Chinese ship suspected of damaging undersea communication cables in the Baltic Sea may have been operated by a Russian national, German newspaper Bild reported on Nov. 20.

20 November 2024, 12:37 AM

Russia likely behind cutting Baltic Sea cables — report

Russia may have sabotaged several undersea communication cables in the Baltic Sea in recent days, The Wall Street Journal reported on Nov. 19, citing Western intelligence sources.

20 November 2024, 12:26 AM

Second Baltic Sea communications cable damaged

An undersea communications cable between Lithuania and Sweden has been damaged in the Baltic Sea, public broadcaster LRT reported on Nov. 18.

19 November 2024, 12:57 AM

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