A Chinese ship is suspected of severing two critical internet cables in the Baltic Sea in an act of sabotage that may have been orchestrated by Russia.

Swedish investigators are looking into the movements of a Chinese vessel in the Baltic Sea after two internet cables were severed in what some Western leaders suspect was an act of sabotage.

Sweden has demanded that the Chinese vessel connected to an investigation of two Internet cables in the Baltic Sea being damaged earlier this month return to its waters as part of the probe.

Sweden would like Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 to move towards Swedish waters as part of the country's investigation into breached submarine fiber-optic cables, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday.

Sweden is asking a Chinese vessel to return to Swedish waters to help facilitate an investigation into recent breaches of undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday,

Sweden’s authorities have requested that the Chinese vessel linked to broken data cables in the Baltic Sea move closer to its waters, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said.

Sweden is asking that a Chinese vessel moves into Swedish waters to help facilitate the Nordic country's investigation into recent breaches of undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated, "We have been in contact with the ship and with China, and have stated that we want the ship to move toward Swedish waters." The bulk carrier has been in international waters in the Kattegat Strait since last week.