Russia’s Underwater Cable In Baltic Sea Damaged Due To “External Impact”

Russia’s state-owned telecom provider, Rostelecom, has reported damage to one of its submarine telecom cables in the Baltic Sea due to an “external impact.”

While the company has not specified the cause or the exact time of the damage, it has confirmed that repair work is underway and that the damage has not disrupted service for users.

On Saturday, Finland’s coast guard stated on X (formerly Twitter) that it was monitoring a Russian vessel conducting repairs on a broken telecom cable in the Gulf of Finland.

However, the Finnish authorities have not disclosed any details about the nature of the damage or when it occurred.

The damage to the cable is the latest among a series of similar incidents in recent months that have affected undersea telecom and power infrastructure in the Baltic region.

In October 2023…

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