"No way": Bulgarian shipping CEO denies his crew severed undersea cable on purpose

Two NATO ships departed Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday to patrol the Baltic Sea after an undersea fibre optic cable between Sweden and Latvia was cut over the weekend.
The ships are part of “Baltic Sentry,” an operation to protect critical infrastructure following a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines have been damaged amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The Bulgarian shipping company Navigation Maritime Bulgare denies its ship’s crew intentionally severed the cable.
“The ship was sailing in very bad weather conditions,” said CEO Aleksandar Kalchev.
“It is possible that the ship had caused the problem with the cable. But in my opinion, there is absolutely no way that we’re talking an act of sabotage or whatever action on behalf of our crew.”
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said Sunday the country was cooperating “closely” with Sweden and NATO to investigate the incident and help protect critical infrastructure.
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[@billsproul5877]

Cut the crap. Sell the ship. Fix the cable. If it happens for the fifth time, ban Hungary. Simple!

[@bitememoto1]

Yeah, yeah, yeah ,of cause it wasn't on purpose. You're still responsible. You will pay with your ship.

[@coaleoli]

Is the background ' Noise " Nessary , way too loud !

[@dexqce864]

Latvia: Bulgaria ship cutting undersea cable Bulgaria ship company: Nyet... 😂

[@lastChang]

The Chinese 🇨🇳 have a history of cutting undersea cables of other countries, - from Vietnamese cables in the SCS to Taiwanese cables connecting to the outside world to Estonia to Finland cables.

[@Yuri-z2y]

And UK/US as well.

[@sloburnjo]

highly dubious

[@InGODweTrust007]

The Baltimore ports Bridge

[@TheGruntski]

Supporting Putin was a really stupid move on the part of this CEO. Impound the ship, sell the cargo and auction off the ship to the highest bidder or if it's old, scrap in. Sanction the shipping company involved.

[@riddick7082]

Vezhen is registered in Malta and owned by a Chinese consortium located in Hong Kong.

[@tedv8323]

The ship is owned by a company that is owned by Domuschievi brothers (they have countless businesses in Bulgaria), they are know for their connections with Bulgarian mafia boss/prime minister: Boiko Borisov. Bulgaria is not a sovereign country since 1945!

[@kristofferhellstrom]

The ship is actually owned by China.

[@techworldBG]

Putin's Bulgarian "Trojan Horse" transports Russian cargo under sanctions! You don't understand anything!😂😂😂

[@Yuri-z2y]

Why Putin and not Trump and Musk? They are mudding the water these days. Lol

[@techworldBG]

@@Yuri-z2y Did you read carefully? The cargo on the ship is Russian!

[@Yuri-z2y]

​@@techworldBGIt doesn't mean that Trump and Musk are not around silly. Lol They are everywhere! Hahahaha!

[@georgiivanov2833]

@@techworldBG did you really called Domuvchiiski pro Russian? lol

[@adwhizard]

Guilty.

[@chiggyvon]

Did the CEO say “nyet”?

[@silverpanther69]

Yes cause Bulgaria is so trustworthy

[@plutoniusis]

What happen to Drones ( UFO-s) no word anymore, projections disappeared.

[@infinidominion]

Go outside at nighttime and let your eyes adjust for ten minutes and see for yourself. Do not mistake them for regular satellites, starlink trains, or planes... You will see a lot of stuff up there, they're in plain sight

[@runrau9275]

@infinidominion Is that a Quote from Agent Mulder? lol, jk

[@canadiansfor2A]

There is information that it's China!

[@Io1564]

Bulgaria is a Nato, EU and Schengen member country. They have no motive to destroy stuff. The Baltic sea is but a wet patch of grassland, accidents like this do happen. The amount of idiocy in the comments is mindblowing.

[@Patty.29675]

I am In Disbelief The Lack Of Knowledge in trumpets... YES The Comments Show This.

[@TheGruntski]

The CEO is possibly a Putin supporter. So his ship gets impounded, and his company gets sanctioned and can no longer get insurance. Your stupidity is unbounded.

[@Bobnineteensixtyone]

How much money would it take to buy the ships captain . What the ceo says is secondary , he wasnt on the ship.

[@adammorgan6229]

The occasional anchor-drag is expected. This many in a few months is not. Check put Sal’s coverage on “What’s Going on With Shipping”. It’s pretty rare for an anchor to drop on its own: multiple things have to go wrong. The CEO is likely innocent - heck the captain may be too. Russia could have paid-off a single crewmember to do this.

[@Bobnineteensixtyone]

@aza1209 why are you making up words, and what are you trying to say ?

[@InGODweTrust007]

I'm more concerned about who crashed into the bridge in the Baltimore port..?

[@Patty.29675]

What????😮

[@TheGruntski]

Good grief, are you ever out of touch with reality.

[@Yuri-z2y]

​@@TheGruntskiLooks like you too... Lol

[@InGODweTrust007]

@@TheGruntski you failed to challenge my claim so you know even less about the topic I'm talking ab OUT.

[@InGODweTrust007]

@@TheGruntski you fail to dispute my claim is because you don't know what's happening.🤷‍♂️

[@sloburnjo]

You would think these countries OR ANY country would be patrolling their boundaries and have sophisticated surveillance on infrastructures ! or at least NATO or NORAD or the EU. It stretches incredulity IMHO

[@mattiga1358]

😃 yeah sure 😏

[@jeffros6739]

Good excuse to get tomato ships around the area

[@patallen5095]

Lies, lies and more lies!!

[@Yuri-z2y]

FK! My favorite hamster died yesterday... Should I blame on the Ukro-Russian conflict??? Lol On the other hand I think that it was Mr.Musk.. He is very active these days.

[@olgaa.9718]

🤣🤣🤣

[@verbalspaghettigaming7570]

^ 2 Russians, pretending to be Canadian on KZbin

[@Yuri-z2y]

​​@@verbalspaghettigaming7570Why pretending? We are Russians first, kid. What is your nationality? Asian? Lol

[@grahammonk8013]

@Yuri-z2y Where is your proof? Or even reports? Troll, Bot, or paid shill? >>My favorite hamster died yesterday... Should I blame on the Ukro-Russian conflict???

[@verbalspaghettigaming7570]

@@grahammonk8013 Russians don't use proof.

[@PaulaKat-x6d]

Accidents happen. Just fix it and move on, it's not worth going to war over.

[@larrymunn5279]

What is? The 12th? 24th? 36th? When is it not an oopsie daisy how careless of me? What are you gonna do?

[@iam5085]

"Accidents" were extremely rare before the Finns and Swedes joined Nato, now it occures almost monthly. It was no accident, a new ship.

[@PaulaKat-x6d]

@@iam5085 i dont think it matters what we think of time, time travels.

[@iam5085]

@@PaulaKat-x6d It doesn't matter what you think - what matters is what these countries think about the sabotages.

[@PaulaKat-x6d]

@@iam5085 It does matter what we all think.

[@kanespanchacharam7417]

Ukraine zelensky do

[@UkrainianPunk180]

Ukraine No Zelenskyy do no

[@Yuri-z2y]

​@@UkrainianPunk180Yeeeeees!!!! Lol

[@iam5085]

It has RuZZia written all over it.