Sweden has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland earlier that day.
I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ll say it again: It’s getting to a point where I would like to see the coast guard or navy simply sail up to one of these ships, say nothing, put a couple 76mm shells in their bow to sink them, and sail away. When Russia and/or China come bitching you answer “What? No! These are baseless accusations! We haven’t even had a ship in that area for months!” make sure to keep the AIS turned on during the entire thing for added effect.
See how long they keep cutting cables after you’ve done that a couple times.