Security around the Baltic Sea

Three more cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea

Three more communication cables between Finland and Estonia have been damaged, according to the Estonian newspaper Postimees. The fault has been reported to the Estonian authorities, but according to the cable owner, it will not affect customers.

At the same time, the Finnish grid company Fingrid announces that it will take several months to repair the broken Estlink 2 cable in the Baltic Sea. The cable, which was broken yesterday, was damaged on the Finnish side, according to Fingrid. It is still unclear what is behind the cable breaks.

The Finnish police and several other authorities will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. today, Finnish time. In connection with this, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will answer questions from the media.

Finnish police call a press conference about the cable damage

The Finnish police have called a press conference on Thursday due to the fault in the power cable on Estlink 2 in the Baltic Sea, reports Yle.

The authority is investigating whether a foreign cargo ship, with suspected links to the Russian shadow fleet, may have had something to do with the case.

At the time of the cable damage, an oil tanker sailing under the flag of the Cook Islands was in the area.

The press conference begins at 11 a.m. today.

Foreign cargo ship investigated after cable break

Finnish police are investigating whether a foreign cargo ship may have been involved in the cable break on Estlink 2, reports Ilta-Sanomat.

The break in the power cable, which runs between Finland and Estonia, was discovered on Wednesday afternoon. Grid operator Fingrid has launched an investigation, but the cause of the outage is still unclear.

Yesterday, a Fingrid spokesperson said that they cannot rule out sabotage, but that this type of problem occurs regularly. 

Finnish police board suspected ship – investigating serious sabotage

Finnish police believe that the Estlink 2 power cable has been sabotaged, Finnish media reports.

The oil tanker Eagle S, which sails under the flag of the Cook Islands, is suspected of being involved. On Thursday, the police announced that they had boarded the ship, together with the coast guard.

– Cooperation with the crew has been going well, says Jari Liukku at the Finnish police at a press conference on Thursday.

Eagle S has suspected connections to the Russian so-called shadow fleet, as Yle previously reported.

“The risks posed by the Russian shadow fleet’s ships must be averted,” writes the country’s President Alexander Stubb on X.

The incident is being investigated as serious sabotage, according to the country’s police chief Ilkka Koskimäki.