“The Central Criminal Police of Finland announced that a trail of dragging several tens of kilometers long was discovered at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland.”, — write: www.ukrinform.ua
“The trail is tens of kilometers long. So far, it has not been possible to establish exactly where the anchor was lowered,” the police informed.
Police inspector Sami Paila said in an interview with Yle: “The trail ends where the ship raised the anchor chain, and from this place it stretches to the east for several dozen, if not almost a hundred kilometers.”
According to him, the law enforcement officers assume that this trace was left by the anchor of the Eagle S vessel. “We were able to find this out thanks to underwater research. The work was carried out in cooperation between the Border Patrol and the Central Criminal Police, and I can say that we have a preliminary understanding of what happened at sea and how this anchor mark was formed,” Paila said.
Read also: Finland seized a tanker of the Russian shadow fleet for a technical investigation He added that due to bad weather conditions, the study of the seabed had to be suspended: “The wind is too strong now, but when the sea calms down, we will continue studying the seabed.”
As reported, the tanker of the Russian shadow fleet Eagle S was detained by the Finnish authorities, who are investigating the sabotage of the underwater cable Estlink 2, which disrupted the supply of electricity to Estonia from Finland. According to the Finnish police, on December 25, the tanker slowed down and pulled the anchor on the cable laid on the bottom.
Read also: Spy equipment was found on the tanker detained by Finland – Lloyd’s List On December 25, Fingrid, the Finnish grid operator, announced a power outage due to a fault in the Estlink 2 submarine cable connecting Finland and Estonia.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance would increase its presence in the Baltic Sea amid incidents of damage to submarine cables.
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