The crew of an oil tanker suspected of sabotaging underwater cables in the Baltic Sea was preparing to damage more cables and pipelines before the vessel was detained. Source: Risto Lohi, head of Finland's investigation into the incident,

The Baltic Sea has seen multiple attacks on energy and communications infrastructure since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. These have often been linked to hybrid warfare tactics

Finland has claimed that the oil tanker suspected of sabotaging several undersea cables in the Baltic Sea late last year was planning to sever additional cables. As part of their investigation, Scandinavian authorities seized the vessel Eagle S,

Sweden has discovered damage to another Baltic Sea cable. This time, the issue concerns the Nordbalt cable, which connects Sweden with Lithuania. According to the Swedish Minister of Defense, the destruction was caused by an anchor dragging along the sea floor.