Damage to a fiber-optic cable in the Baltic Sea was reported in Latvia.

On January 4, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silin announced that a fiber-optic cable had been damaged in the Baltic Sea near the city of Liepaja.

"Damage to an optical cable belonging to a private company has been discovered in the Baltic Sea, near Liepaja," she said in a statement on Twitter. Twitter).

The Prime Minister added that Latvian users were not injured as a result of the incident. In addition, she clarified that the Latvian police have launched an investigation into the incident.

On December 31, the Finnish Coast Guard detained the vessel on suspicion of allegedly damaging an underwater telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland. It was clarified that the vessel was taken under the control of the Finnish authorities.

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