Sweden says telecom cable with Estonia damaged

A Baltic Sea telecom cable connecting Sweden with Estonia has been damaged at roughly the same time as a Finnish-Estonian pipeline and cable were damaged earlier this month, Sweden's civil defence minister said on Tuesday. The damage to the cable was sustained outside the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Sweden, Swedish Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told a news conference, and the cable had continued to function since then.

Oct 17, 2023 - 21:30
Sweden says telecom cable with Estonia damaged
A Baltic Sea telecom cable connecting Sweden with Estonia has been damaged at roughly the same time as a Finnish-Estonian pipeline and cable were damaged earlier this month, Sweden's civil defence minister said on Tuesday. The damage to the cable was sustained outside the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Sweden, Swedish Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told a news conference, and the cable had continued to function since then.