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.

Probe continues into disruption affecting Germany, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania Two optical fiber internet cables under the Baltic Sea appear to have been disrupted, Germany and Finland confirmed, prompting fresh concerns over possible Russian interference with technology infrastructure.

Cables connecting Finland with Germany, and Lithuania with Sweden, have been disrupted, just weeks after the United States warned that it had detected increased Russian military activity around key undersea cables.