RIGA, Latvia >> Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said Sunday that her government has reached out to Sweden and other Baltic Sea allies in NATO for assistance as it investigates the cause of damage to an underwater data cable running to Sweden.

Silina wrote on platform X she was informed in the early hours that the data cable from Latvia to Sweden was damaged in the Baltic Sea “in the section that is located in the Exclusive economic zone of Sweden.”

She wrote that her government was “working together with our Swedish Allies and NATO on investigating the incident, including to patrolling the area, as well as inspecting the vessels that were in the area.”

— The Associated Press