Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated in a publish to X that the federal government was monitoring the state of affairs.
“We take all stories of doable harm to infrastructure within the Baltic Sea very severely. As I’ve stated earlier than, they should be seen within the context of the intense safety state of affairs,” Kristersson stated.
Tensions have mounted across the Baltic Sea since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A collection of underwater blasts ruptured the Nord Stream pipelines that carried Russian gasoline to Europe in September 2022, the reason for which has but to be decided.
In October 2023, an undersea gasoline pipeline between Finland and Estonia was shut down after it was broken by the anchor of a Chinese language cargo ship.
Two telecom cables in Swedish waters had been severed on November 17-18 final yr.
And weeks later, on Dec 25, the Estlink 2 electrical energy cable and 4 telecom cables linking Finland and Estonia had been broken.
In January, NATO introduced the launch of a Baltic Sea patrol mission, Baltic Sentry, to safe crucial underwater infrastructure.
