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| Sweden calls off search for suspected submarine | |
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| The Swedish military has called off its week-long search for a suspected submarine in the sea south of Stockholm, officials say. | |
| Naval vessels and planes have been searching the Stockholm archipelago for the last week, amid suspicions a Russian submarine was in trouble there. | |
| Russia's defence ministry denied any of its ships were involved. | |
| It was reported to be Sweden's biggest military mobilisation since the Cold War. | |
| In a statement, the military said: "This means the bulk of ships and amphibious forces have returned to port." It added that some smaller units would remain in the area. | |
| The statement did not say why the search has been cancelled. A press conference on the search will be held at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT). | |
| The military had been investigating possible "foreign underwater activities" based on what it called "several credible operations". | |
| Swedish officials had not named any country, however, there were widespread suspicions that the Russian navy was involved. | |
| Soviet submarine sightings caused Cold War security alerts in Sweden in the 1980s. | |
| Russia's military intervention in Ukraine this year has fuelled suspicion about its intentions towards other neighbouring states, notably in the Baltic. | |
| On Tuesday, Nato said its jets intercepted a Russian spy plane that had briefly entered Estonian airspace. | |
| Russia said the plane had been on a training flight and had not violated Estonian airspace. |