The ship in question, the cargo vessel Yi Peng, was detained yesterday by the Danish Navy. Late Tuesday night, maritime trackers indicated that the 2001-built vessel was anchored in the Kattegat Strait—between Denmark and Sweden—while at least one Danish naval ship was nearby.

Communication cables linking Finland to Germany and Sweden to Lithuania have been cut. European governments say Russia did it, which it denies. “No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally,

Russia is suspected of orchestrating another major act of sabotage in Europe after two key fiber-optic data cables running below the Baltic Sea were cut off in quick succession earlier this week, government officials said.