The 354-foot Yantar, which has two on board mini-submarines, is part of the Kremlin’s Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research, an elite unit of the Russian military specialized in deep-sea work.

A Swedish prosecutor ordered the seizing of a ship as part of the investigation. A map of the Baltic Sea showing a fibre-optic telecommunications cable that was damaged on Jan. 26, 2025.

On Dec. 26 Finnish police and border guards boarded a vessel, the Eagle S, linked to neighboring Russia as they investigated whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables.

NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents in the Baltic that have heightened concerns about possible Russian activities in the ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the ...