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.

Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.

The damaged cable is one of several recent incidents in the Baltic Sea under investigation as possible acts of sabotage.

Finland has been granted permission to continue detaining a tanker from the shadow fleet that damaged an energy cable and four communication cables in the Baltic Sea last week, a court ruled. Source: Bloomberg Details: The tanker Eagle S was detained by police on 28 December.

The Finnish Coast Guard stopped a small boat which tried to reach the Eagle S anchored in Porvoo, 30 December, 2024

Finland’s national grid operator, Fingrid, has requested a court order to seize the tanker Eagle S, which is suspected of deliberately damaging the Estlink 2 power cable. Finnish authorities recently identified the Eagle S,

Finnish law enforcement suspects another crew member of a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the severing of underwater cables, bringing the total number of suspects to eight, Yle reports. The list of suspects has grown to include another crew member,