Germany has said that “sabotage” was likely behind the recent damage to communications cables in the Baltic Sea, as Sweden reported damage to a second underwater link. The severing of cables between Finland and Germany and from Sweden to Lithuania were a “clear sign that something is going on”,

Germany and Finland say they are "deeply concerned" after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed.The rupture of the 1,170km (730-mile) telecommunications cable - which is being investigated - comes at a time of heightened tension with Russia.