An internet cable connecting Finland to Germany and another one between Lithuania and Sweden, both running under the Baltic Sea, were cut within 24 hours of one another. While accidental damage on undersea cables happens,

European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States warned that Moscow was likely to target critical undersea infrastructure.

A communication cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden through the Baltic Sea was cut on Sunday morning. Telia, a Lithuanian telecommunications company, reported the incident. The disruption occurred at around 10:00 AM.

The foreign ministries of Germany and Finland said Monday that they were "deeply concerned" by the severing of an undersea cable connecting the two countries across the Baltic Sea -- one of two Baltic Sea connections suddenly damaged in recent days.

Two telecommunications cables running through the Baltic Sea were damaged in what Germany called an act of 'sabotage.'

The C-Lion1 cable between Finland and Germany was severed in the Baltic Sea, its operator said, after damage was reported to another cable linking Lithuania and Sweden.

The damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea may have been caused by Russia, according Boris Pistorius. Germany's defense minister.

Two data cables running along the Baltic seabed were cut in quick succession, government authorities and telecoms companies said.

As undersea cables are cut, Finland and Germany say Europe is threated not only bt Russia's war in Ukraine, but "from hybrid warfare by malicious actors."