Sweden investigating damage to Baltic undersea cable - BBC News

A gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia is believed to have been damaged at the same time, Sweden says.

17 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, The incident comes after a pipeline under the Baltic Sea was damaged in SeptemberBy Ido VockBBC NewsAn undersea telecoms cable connecting Estonia and Sweden has been damaged, the Swedish government has announced.

Civil defence minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said the cable was damaged but not completely destroyed.

The cable is believed to have been affected at the same time as a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia was damaged earlier this month.

Sources told the BBC Finland suspects Russian sabotage in "retribution" after the country joined Nato.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied the accusation, calling it "rubbish". Finland said last week that the pipeline was likely intentionally sabotaged.