Russia’s connection to the rupture of an undersea cable between Finland and Estonia is raising a new bevy of fears over the sabotage of critical power lines. The new incidents come as tensions
Finland says a ship affiliated with Russia's "shadow fleet" is linked to a 60-mile-long anchor drag mark on the seafloor. A power cable in the Baltic Sea was severed last week.
Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers as part of a probe into a damaged undersea cable.
Finnish officials say Russia's "shadow fleet" is sabotaging vital undersa internet cables.
The city of Narva, squeezed along Estonia's border with Russia, has been at the center of efforts to resist what it claims are near constant provocations from Moscow — from satellite navigation jamming, to snatched border demarcation buoys, blaring propaganda, surveillance drones and buzzing blimps marked with the 'Z' of Russia's armed forces.
Minister of Interior Lauri Läänemets (SDE) said the government currently has no plans to close the border with Russia in reaction to the broken cables in the Baltic Sea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and wounded in Russia's Kursk region and warned that Pyongyang could send more personnel and equipment for Moscow's army.
The Finnish authorities said the tanker might be part of Russia’s shadow fleet, which emerged as a way to circumvent Western-imposed price caps on Russian oil transported by sea. The caps were introduced several months after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A Russian vessel is the prime suspect after an anchor was dragged for about 100km, severing an undersea cable between Finland and Estonia.
Recent reports are giving rise to a speculation that Russia and China are working at sync as severe concerns are on a rise regarding the security of the undersea infrastructures following the rupture of the Estlink-2 power cable which used to connect Estonia and Finland.
Finnish police said Tuesday that seven sailors from the Eagle S tanker suspected of last week cutting an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia are targets of a sabotage investigation and have been banned from leaving the country.