Incident is latest in recent months and follows trend since Russian invasion of Ukraine

(From left) EU defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius, European Commission executive vice-president Henna Virkkunen and EU commissioner Magnus Brunner address reporters in Helsinki, Finland, following damage to undersea cables. Photo: Reuters

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Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea.

The coast guard in Sweden deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.