Latvia seeks cooperation from Baltic Sea allies in finding cause of undersea data cable rupture

Baltic Sea Security - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa said Sunday that her government has reached out to Sweden and other Baltic Sea allies in NATO for assistance as it investigates the cause of damage to an underwater data cable running to Sweden.

Siliņa wrote on platform X she was informed in the early hours that the data cable from Latvia to Sweden was damaged in the Baltic Sea "in the section that is located in the Exclusive economic zone of Sweden.”