Cargo ship accused of damaging Baltic Sea cable seized by Finlandhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-baltic-sea-finland-ship-seized-b2892823.htmlA cargo vessel sailing from Russia has been seized by Finnish police on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland.
’Fitburg’ was en route from the Russian port of St Petersburg to Israel at the time of the incident, Finland's Border Guard authority said on Wednesday.
"At the moment we suspect aggravated disruption of telecommunications and also aggravated sabotage and attempted aggravated sabotage," Helsinki Chief of Police Jari Liukku said.
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"We remain in contact with the Finnish authorities, through exchange of information, via the NATO shipping centre located at our Allied Maritime Command in Northwood, UK," an official at the military alliance said.
The Fitburg was dragging its anchor in the sea and was directed to Finnish territorial waters, the police and Finland's Border Guard said. The cable belongs to Finnish telecoms group Elisa.
The Russian ship was caught dragging its anchor across communications cables. Ukraine Haters hardest hit.
