Reuters: Finland boards oil tanker suspected of causing internet, power cable outages

[Dennis Donovan]

Reuters - Finland boards oil tanker suspected of causing internet, power cable outages

By Essi Lehto and Andrius Sytas
December 26, 20243:13 PM EST

Summary
•Finland suspects ship of breaching power, telecom cables
•Coast Guard boards ship, takes it to Finnish waters
•Finland says vessel belongs to Russian shadow fleet
•Tanker is registered in Cook Islands

HELSINKI, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Finnish authorities on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines.

The Cook Islands-registered ship, named by authorities as the Eagle S, was boarded by a Finnish coast guard crew that took command and sailed the vessel to Finnish waters, a coast guard official said at a press conference.

"From our side we are investigating grave sabotage," said Robin Lardot, director of the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.

"According to our understanding, an anchor of the vessel that is under investigation has caused the damage," he added.

The Finnish customs service said it had seized the vessel's cargo and that the Eagle S was believed to belong to Russia's so-called shadow fleet of ageing tankers that seek to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil.

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[SheltieLover]

2. Absofuckimgloutely!

[The Madcap]

3. No problem with this.

Sell the oil and send the revenue to Ukraine. Sink the ship. If any of the crew are Russian, imprison them.

[liberalla]

5. Is this the final straw for NATO?

They've issued warnings about this.

[ancianita]

8. It's more like NATO's opening shot at Russia: NATO's going to fight for Ukraine against Russia & enforce all sanctions.

The 32 states that are NATO , and its global partners, aren't going to tolerate Russian sabotage.

[ancianita]

13. Love ya, Chin!

But please, could you please stop with the deletions? It's not like we're a 3-letter agency here.

[ancianita]

17. I know.

Just askin' is all. You be you.

[ancianita]

19. I know.

And you're right about tcf as dictator. I did the same thing on everything political I posted on FB's platform.
No tellin' who they'll dragnet and dox.

[WarGamer]

7. Like when the Russians broke those underwater gas pipelines last year right?

Aww shucks, wait...

[Botany]

6. Send them back to Russia and then Vlad can

... send them to his meat grinder in Ukraine.

Russia is at war with the west and Trump is on their side too.

[Botany]

12. And Republicans give Russian talking points.

...points in Congress all the time and Russia was deep into our elections too. And they are deep into Fox News too.

[ancianita]

14. Absolutely. They're leverage.

[harumph]

16. Don't fuck with the Finns.