Information about the harm to Russian cables was received in the department on December 27 – the head of the operational department at the Kari Klemm Ministry told the Finnish media. Cables connect Petersburg to the royal circuit.
Sender Yle stressed that fixed by the Russians now Baltik cable It intersects with Estonian-Finnish cables and runs besides close the C-Lion1 connection between Finland and Germany, which was discontinued on 25 December at Christmas. At that time, a full of 4 cables were damaged for data transmission as well as the EstLink 2 power connection. The Eagle S tanker crew is suspected of this. Investigators presume that the harm to Finnish cables most likely occurred by leaving the ship's anchor and dragging it across the seabed over a distance of about 100 km. The tanker, which is assumed to belong to the Russian shadow fleet, pursued a course from Petersburg with a gasoline charge.
Ministry of Economy official did not take a position on whether the harm to Finnish and Russian cables was related. The Finnish police besides did not comment on whether Eagle S, flying the flag of Cook Islands, could besides harm Russian cables.
The Gulf of Finland. Damaged Russian cable
Rostelekomu cable Baltik is about 1000 km long, of which about 380 km passes through the exclusive economical region of Finland. The Finnish authorities granted approval to the Russians to repair the cable, the damaged part of which is located in a Finland-owned area. It is assumed that the repair, depending on weather conditions, may take about a week.
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Gulf Coast defender – as reported, she sent a patrol vessel to the area of repair of the cable, monitoring whether the Russian repairs do not violate the rules of usage of the economical zone.
Repair of Baltika cable
Baltika cable was repaired by the Russians, with the approval of the Finnish Ministry of Economy, already earlier, in November 2023. In October of that year, a sub-sea Estonian-Finnish gas pipeline Balticconnector was damaged, which is suspected of being the Chinese container ship Newnew Polar Bear.
It is stressed that before Russia attacked Ukraine, Western service units could be utilized to repair Russian cables.
ann / PAP
