Norwegian authorities have seized Russian ships, suspected of damaging the submarine cable due to the obstruction of the Baltic Sea, stated on Friday.
According to a statement, the police stated that they were acting based on requests from Latvian authorities and orders issued in the Norwegian court, and after the sea cable running between Sweden and Latvia was damaged this week. I mentioned.
This is the latest of the number of damage or sabotage of the Baltic Sea submarine infrastructure, such as cables used for communication and power distribution. In response to such cases in December, NATO has strengthened patrols and monitoring operations in the Baltic Sea.
In 2022, a series of concerns about damages have increased due to a series of seafloor explosions connecting Russia and Western Europe.
On Thursday evening, the Norwegian coastal guards and police surrounded the Silver Dania ship, which is owned and registered in Norway, and led to Tromso Port on Friday morning.
According to the shipment data, the 36 -year -old cargo ship was sailing between the Russian port in St. Petersburg and the Murmansk. Police said the police in the ship to search for evidence and ask the crew in connection with the damaged cable.
The owner of the ship called Silver Sea denied fraud. “We agree to check out to go to the port of Norwegian,” said Tormod FossMark, the company's highest executive. He stated that the company has complied the demands from authorities.
On Monday, Sweden's authorities boarded another ship one day ago in connection with the submarine cable “sabotage” from Sweden to Latvia. They have been in the bulgarian shipping company and have been in a bulk carrier that raised the Malta flag.
Russia's involvement was suspected of reducing the seabed cable in December, which carries electricity between Finland and Estonia. In that example, Finnish authorities checked the oil tanker when the ship's anchor cut the cable.
Finnish and Estonia leaders are Russian's “Shadow Fleet of Shadow, which is to avoid the price upper limit imposed on the west with Russian marine oil in Ukraine in Ukraine. He said he believed it was part of. Such ships are increasingly suspected of their roles in their roles in sabotage in the tactics of the hybrid war between Russia and NATO.
