Two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were severed last week — one connecting Finland and Germany, and the other linking Sweden and Lithuania. On 17–18 November 2024, two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables, were disrupted in the Baltic Sea. The incidents involving both cables occurred in close proximity to each other and near-simultaneously, which prompted accusations from. Hours later, Germany, Finland and Lithuania reported two submarine fiber optic cables had been cut. The cables are typically the width of a garden hose.
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