Days after two fiber-optic data telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea were cut, the Danish military said on Wednesday that it was remaining near a Chinese ship that was temporarily parked in Danish seas.
A Danish navy patrol ship was anchored close to the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 on Wednesday in the Kattegat strait between Denmark and Sweden, according to MarineTraffic vessel tracking data.
In a social media post, the military stated, “The Danish Defense can confirm that we are present in the area near the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3.” It added that it had no more comments.
The Danish military rarely makes public remarks on specific ships operating in Danish seas. It didn’t explain why it was remaining on board the ship or address the cable breaches.
Traffic data indicated that other ships were also in the locations where the cable breakage occurred, and the Chinese ship left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on Nov. 15.
Less than twenty-four hours later on Monday, a cable between Finland and Germany was cut, while another between Sweden and Lithuania was cut on Sunday.
Due to suspicions of potential sabotage, Swedish prosecutors launched a preliminary inquiry on Tuesday after the breaches occurred in the country’s exclusive economic zone.
Sweden’s coast guard and military forces have detected ship movements that coincide with the disruption of two telecom cables in the Baltic Sea, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, the country’s minister of civil defense, told Reuters on Tuesday.
During a regular news briefing on Wednesday, a Chinese government official stated that the country always requires its warships to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
According to the spokeswoman, we also place a high priority on safeguarding seabed infrastructure, and we are actively encouraging the building and defense of submarine cables and other international information infrastructures in collaboration with the international community.
Russia denied on Wednesday that it was responsible for the damage to the two cables.
While European governments did not specifically accuse Russia of damaging the cables, they did accuse Russia on Tuesday of intensifying hybrid warfare against Ukraine’s Western partners.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, told a regular press briefing on Wednesday when asked about the situation: It is completely ridiculous to keep blaming Russia for everything without any justification.
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