“Finnish law enforcement officers, who are investigating damage to underwater power and information cables, found traces on the seabed, probably left by the anchor of the captured tanker of the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation Eagle S.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Finnish law enforcement officers, who are investigating damage to underwater power and information cables, found traces on the seabed, probably left by the anchor of the detained tanker of the Russian shadow fleet Eagle S. This is reported by the Bloomberg agency, “Working underwater, we were able to detect a trace of towing on the seabed from start to finish,” Detective Chief Inspector and Tactical Head of Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation Sami Paila said on Sunday. According to him, the trail stretches for “tens of kilometers”, but it is not yet possible to determine exactly where the anchor of the tanker disconnected from the chain.Advertisement: Finland has already identified the tanker Eagle S as the culprit of the damage to the power cable. On Saturday, the vessel was moved to an anchorage near the port of Kilpilaghty. Bad weather on Sunday hampered the investigation both on board the vessel and underwater, police said. The Cook Islands-flagged tanker was detained as part of an investigation into possible “gross damage to property”. Authorities suspect that one of the ship’s anchors, which was missing, damaged the 170-kilometer-long power line connecting Finland and Estonia on December 25. Since then, four submarine data cables have also been reported outages.Advertisement: Finnish authorities are investigating an oil tanker that is part of Russia’s shadow fleet to see if it cut an electrical cable between Finland and Estonia. In Finland, on Monday, December 2, a fiber optic cable connecting the country to Sweden was damaged, causing a large-scale communication failure. On November 18, the undersea communication cable between Finland and Germany was broken, the investigation into the reasons for the break continues.