Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, police said.
OSLO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Finnish police said on Thursday they are investigating whether a foreign ship was involved in the damage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia following a sudden outage on Wednesday.
It’s the latest in a spate of murky disruptions to undersea cables that have put European authorities on high alert and heightened fears of sabotage by Russia.
Finnish authorities have detained a Russian-linked oil tanker as part of an investigation into the recent outage of subsea power and data cables between Finland and Estonia.
Finland on Thursday seized a ship carrying oil for Russia in relation to the recent cutting of an undersea cable connecting electricity to Estonia as concern mounts over ships disrupting power and gas lines in European waters.
Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia that Finnish customs officials and the European Union's executive commission describe as part of Russia's shadow fleet of fuel tankers.
The detention of the Eagle S reveals the shadowy underbelly of covert maritime warfare, where aging tankers double as tools of sabotage, turning the Baltic Sea into a strategic chessboard for power and defiance.
Finland has seized an oil tanker suspected of having severed undersea power and internet cables, with Finnish authorities saying the vessel may have been part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of ships aimed at skirting Western sanctions.
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