A subsea data cable that has sustained damage offshore the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea remains operational, its Finnish owner said.

The bloc announced new steps to prevent threats to undersea lines after Sweden discovered damage to one east of Gotland island.

Swedish authorities are investigating damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, suspecting Russian sabotage. Recent incidents have raised security concerns, prompting the European Commission to propose measures for better protection and threat monitoring in the Mediterranean and Baltic regions,

Swedish authorities said Friday they were investigating a damaged cable that was discovered in the Baltic Sea , the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the region.

Swedish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and the country's coast guard has deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.

Swedish authorities said Friday that they were investigating suspected damage to an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, following a series of incidents that some observers believe are acts of sabotage linked to Russia.

Swedish authorities reported on Friday that another undersea cable in the Baltic Sea had been severed off the coast of Gotland. The Stockholm prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the matter.