MOSCOW: Russia鈥檚 state-controlled telecoms giant said Saturday that its underwater cable in the Baltic Sea had been damaged by an 鈥渆xternal impact.鈥�
Several undersea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts and politicians accusing Russia of orchestrating a hybrid war against Western countries supporting Ukraine.
鈥淪ome time ago in the Baltic Sea a Rostelecom underwater cable was damaged as the result of external impact,鈥� Rostelecom鈥檚 operator told RIA Novosti news agency.
鈥淩epair work is being carried out,鈥� it added. The company said consumers were not affected.

Earlier Saturday, the Finnish coast guard said they were monitoring repairs of a Russian underwater cable carried out by a Russian vessel in the Gulf of Finland.
According to local authorities the undated incident took place inside Finland鈥檚 exclusive economic zone.
The spate of incidents led NATO countries to launch a patrol mission to protect critical underwater infrastructure in January.
Aircraft, frigates, submarines and drones have been deployed as part of the new operation, titled 鈥淏altic Sentry.鈥�
Finnish authorities said in November 2023 that a Rostelecom cable in the Baltic Sea was discovered damaged in October, roughly coinciding with damage to subsea infrastructure in Sweden and Finland.