Denmark Shadows Chinese Ship, Russia Rejects 'Absurd' Allegations Of Baltic Sea Cable 'Sabotage'

Denmark's navy has said that it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel that was stopped off the Danish coast. "The Danish Defence can confirm that we are present in the area near the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3," the Danish military told AFP. It is quite rare for Denmark's military to comment publicly on individual vessels travelling in Danish waters.
This comes a day after Finland and Sweden opened probes into suspected sabotage of two undersea cables. The cutting of the two cables within 48 hours prompted European officials to say that they suspect "sabotage" and "hybrid warfare" linked to Russia.
The C-Lion 1 submarine cable connecting Helsinki and the German port of Rostock was cut on Nov. 18 south of Oland island in Swedish waters. On Nov. 17, another telecoms cable, Arelion, running from the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Gotland to Lithuania, was also damaged.