Finnish investigators believe seized Russian ship caused outage of Estlink 2 undersea power and internet lines
Estonia 's foreign minister Margus Tsahkna: 'If there is a threat to the critical undersea infrastructure in our region, there will also be a response.' Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images’s armed forces have launched a naval operation to protect the Estlink 1 undersea power cable in the Baltic Sea in response to the damage this week of a parallel electricity line, foreign minister Margus Tsahkna said on Friday.
‘We need Macron to act.’ The view in Mayotte, the French island territory steamrolled by cyclone Chido Finnish investigators believe the seized ship – the Cook Island-registered ship, named as the Eagle S – may have caused the damage by dragging its anchor along the seabed, one of several such incidents in recent years.
The 658 megawatt Estlink 2 outage began at midday local time on Wednesday, leaving only the 358 megawatt Estlink 1 in operation between the two countries, operators Fingrid and Elering have said.
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