US EditionFinland’s Elisa says its Baltic Sea telecoms cables have been repaired
- Two undersea telecom cables linking Estonia and Finland have been repaired after suspected sabotage, as announced by Finnish operator Elisa.
- Finnish authorities are investigating the suspected sabotage of four telecom cables and one power cable that occurred on Dec. 25.
- The oil tanker Eagle S, accused of transporting embargoed Russian oil products, is suspected of involvement in the sabotage.
- Elisa's security chief Jaakko Wallenius stated that repairs were completed today and that the cables appeared to have been severed by an anchor.
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The Finnish police have found an anchor in the Baltic Sea that was probably used to sabotage data and power cables. The Finns suspect the crew of oil tanker Eagle S of having damaged the Estlink-2 power cable and four internet cables between Estonia and Finland at the end of December. “The location where the anchor was found is along the Eagle S route,” authorities said in a statement. After the incident, the ship was chained for investigation. …
Finnish police have found evidence: the anchor of the detained tanker Eagle S is lifted from the bottom: EADaily
EADaily, January 7th, 2025. The anchor of the Eagle S tanker detained in Finland on suspicion of damaging cables in the Gulf of Finland has been found and lifted from the bottom. This is reported by Yle TV company with reference to the Swedish Navy.
During the investigation into the damaged Estlink 2 power cable in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy has recovered an anchor.
At the end of December, Finland seized the "Eagle S". The ship is suspected of having damaged several cables in the Baltic Sea with its anchor. However, the anchor was missing when the tanker was seized. Now it has been found.
Sweden announced on Friday the sending of a ship to help the investigation opened for “aggravated sabotage” into these cable breaks. The anchor has been handed over to the Finnish authorities The Navy
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