According to Helsinki authorities, the Eagle S ship belongs to the Russian "shadow fleet " and was detained by the Finnish border guard. The ship is suspected of damaging the EstLink 2 power cable. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo believes that tankers from Russia's "shadow fleet" pose a "threat to all Baltic and EU countries.

Police and media reports say that Finnish authorities have detained a Russia-linked ship as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables.

Damage to the power cable in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a spate of murky disruptions to undersea cables that have put European authorities on high alert.

The Estlink 2, an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia, was seriously damaged on Christmas Day. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible act of sabotage.

A vessel delivering oil for Russia was detained by Finland authorities on Thursday in connection with an undersea cable cutting incident that disconnected electricity to Estonia.

Finland has seized an oil tanker suspected of having severed undersea power and internet cables, with Finnish authorities saying the vessel may have been part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of ships aimed at skirting Western sanctions.

Finnish police seized a ship carrying Russian oil after an underwater power cable connecting Finland to Estonia was cut. Multiple cables have been cut in the Baltic Sea in the last two years and authorities haven’t ruled out sabotage by Russia or China.

Finnish authorities seized a Russia-linked ship in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, on suspicion that it damaged an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia a day earlier. The incident has intensified fears in Europe over a Russian hybrid war targeting critical infrastructure in the Baltic and beyond.

Finland has shared a brutal response with Russia, after special forces seized a shadow fleet tanker believed to have carried out an attack on a set of cables in the Baltic Sea.