In January 2025 the Navibulgar bulk carrier
Vezhen was seized in the
Baltic Sea off
Karlskrona by Swedish police forces, after a submarine communication cable between Latvia and Sweden had been severed on 26 January. Similar to the cases of
Yi Peng 3 and the
Eagle S, who are suspected of having cut submarine cables in the Baltic Sea a few weeks prior, using their
anchors, the
Vezhen is suspected to have committed sabotage under incentive from Russia. Navibulgar CEO Aleksander Kalchev denied that the crew had intentionally committed sabotage, but admitted that they had noticed one of the ships anchors to be damaged on 26 January and said an accident could not be ruled out. Another vessel, the Norwegian-flagged
Silver Dania, crewed by native Russians and shuttling between St. Petersburg and Murmansk, was also suspected of having cut the cable, but was released after a short inspection in
Tromso. On 2 February 2025, a Swedish prosecutor said the incident was an accident, not sabotage, and the
Vezhen had been released. Video had shown a wave hitting the anchor lock which released the anchor, and the autopilot continued to drag the anchor, and the case was closed by October 2025. ==References==