Prosecutors in Stockholm launch preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage, hours after Germany dubs cable failure part of a ‘hybrid operation’

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Swedish authorities say they have detected a Chinese ship moving near two telecoms cables that failed within hours of each other on the Baltic Sea bed in recent days.

Prosecutors in Stockholm have launched a preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage, hours after Germany dubbed the cable failure part of a “hybrid operation”.

On Sunday morning at about 10am, Swedish authorities registered problems with a data cable under the Baltic Sea from the Öland island to Lithuania. At 4am on Monday, telecoms operators in Finland and Germany reported problems with another cable called C-Lion-1.

Both cables were damaged in the Swedish economic zone, prompting prosecutors in Stockholm to take the investigation lead.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          20 hours ago

          There was a pipeline damaged last year under circumstances that seemed to be challenging to rule as accidental. China claimed responsibility, but claimed it wasn’t intentional, but it seems they ignored all communication attempts made to the ship and that the amount of time they dragged anchor along the seabed would have been impossible to not notice.

          • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            5 minutes ago

            Being that was after the war started, I wouldn’t list that as anything other than a possible attempt to cause gas shortages and economic damages to Ukrianes support.

          • atro_city@fedia.io
            6·
            19 hours ago

            Thank you. This is news to me. I just hope there were repercussions because such an “oopsie” should still lead to having to pay for the damages done.

            • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              19 hours ago

              I haven’t found anything past the August updates I linked. Someone more local might be able to chime in if there’re some non-English updates out there that I can’t find.

              I can’t imagine it’s quick or easy to do repairs in the middle of the sea. 😧

    • Melchior@feddit.orgEnglish
      112·
      1 day ago

      More like the EU is more likely to be hard on China in the starting trade war.

          • atro_city@fedia.io
            1·
            2 hours ago

            Is the rest of my statement incorrect? It will take decades for Europe to ween itself off of China. Until then, China has a lot of power in Europe - and so does the USA.

            Europe is the smaller player caught between the US and China. It doesn’t want to develop its own industries for fear of being called “protectionist”, it relies on the US for military protection, it relies on China for a dizzying amount and range of products, materials, and resources, and lets its citizens be heavily influenced by US media.

            Until Europe grows a pair and becomes more self-sufficient in terms of energy, good, and services, it will stay acquiescent to the aforementioned powers.

            • Viri4thus@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              1 hour ago

              Or, our elites profit greatly from the US induced, China manufactured, product consumerism for landfills. They also benefit greatly from the US borne “print money capitalism” which basically eschews competition in favour of just printing money and buying the competitor. Once our beloved ruling class stops huffing dollarium we’ll be fine.

              • atro_city@fedia.io
                1·
                30 minutes ago

                Once our beloved ruling class stops huffing dollarium we’ll be fine.

                We can be passive observers and just “let it happen to us” or do something. Vote with our feet, wallets, and of course actually vote. They aren’t going to suddenly change “actually, you know what? I don’t like money anymore. maybe I’ll be a good human now”.