Overview
- Authorities confirmed a glass‑fibre cable near Liepāja was found damaged in Latvian territorial waters, with police pointing to a ship as the suspected cause.
- Investigators boarded the identified vessel in the port of Liepāja and questioned its crew, who are cooperating, and neither the ship nor the crew has been detained.
- Police said naval data indicate the vessel first passed over an inactive cable before altering course onto the link that was later found damaged.
- Lithuania reported the affected line runs between Šventoji and Liepāja, and initial indications suggest no impact on Latvian consumers.
- The case follows damage to an Estonia–Finland data cable around New Year’s Eve, after which Finland seized a freighter suspected of dragging an anchor, as NATO maintains heightened regional presence.