inflict a thousand small cuts as a way to destabilize its #Baltic neighbours while not explicitly attacking them and maintaining “deniability”.
▪️For a long time, the #Western response to these attacks had been too soft. But the recent incident with the #Estlink_2 cable between #Finland and #Estonia showed that a fast and resolute handling of hybrid attacks can and should be mounted.
▪️The announcement of the #Baltic Sentry #NATO mission this week, as well as the changing rhetoric in the #West
act as a deterrent against any malicious hybrid activities. #Finland’s tougher reaction to the act of sabotage undertaken by a vessel of the #Russian shadow fleet, registered in the #Cook_Islands, sets an important precedent
▪️By seizing the ship, the #Finnish authorities were able to conduct a proper investigation and collect evidence that the severance of #Estlink_2 was an act of sabotage. #Finnish prosecutors are preparing charges against the operators and owners of the #Eagle_S. This could
"Well done, #Finland!" 👏
#Finland’s resolute and swift handling of #Estlink 2 sabotage is a “turning point” for #NATO’s response to #Russian hybrid warfare – #The_Economist
The #Estlink_2 cable, which supplied energy from #Finland to #Estonia via the #Baltic_Sea, was severed in late December, when an oil tanker #Eagle_S, travelling from #St_Petersburg, dragged its anchor along the seabed for “dozens of kilometers”. This was at least the third instance since October that important
Police of #Finland has found tracks that drag on for dozens of kilometres along the bottom of the #Baltic_Sea where a tanker carrying #Russian oil is suspected of breaking a power line and four telecoms cables with its anchor, #Reuters reported.
The #Russian "shadow fleet" tanker #Eagle_S is suspected of cutting an underwater power cable between #Finland and #Estonia #Estlink_2 and four communication cables on December 25-26. #Finland detained the vessel.
The #Russian tanker detained for damaging #Estlink_2 cable in the #Baltic_Sea had spy equipment used to track #NATO ships and aircraft , #Lloyd's_List
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▪️Police of #Finland will launch a seabed investigation at the site of #Estlink_2 electric cable damage. The guard ship #Turva is heading to the #Estlink_2 site today.
▪️The officers and the crew of #Eagle_S vessel are cooperating with the #Finnish authorities - President #Stubb.
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#Alexander_Stubb, President of #Finland, and other #Finnish authorities held a press conference with updates about the #Estlink_2 cable damage. Here are some of its main points (information from #Finnish media Yle.fi):
▪️President #Stubb was asked whether the cable damage was a hybrid attack from #Russia. He replied that no conclusions have been made at this time, but "If we find out that it was sabotage, we will definitely attribute it and immediately."
#Russian involvement suspected in the breakage of #Estlink_2 cable - Yle.fi
#Finnish Border Guard escorted an oil tanker #Eagle_S to #Porkkala due to its suspicious activity in the #Gulf_of_Finland. Reportedly, the ship slowed down to 1/4 of its speed just minutes before it crossed the #Estlink_2. This happened around the time that the cable broke.
"Was it a secret santa gift?"
Electricity between #Finland and #Estonia through the #Estlink_2 connection is currently halted.
There have been reports that a #Xin_Xin_Tiang vessel (#Hong_Kong) has crossed #EstLink_2 today at noon. As it moved in the area of the cable, its speed decreased.
Authorities are investigating the incident.
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