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,

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 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.

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.

Two undersea cables carrying internet data deep in the Baltic Sea were damaged, European telecommunications companies said this week, drawing warnings from European governments of possible Russian "hybrid warfare" targeting global communications infrastructure.

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.