Between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a quiet war has begun since the start of the war in Ukraine, but it is at sea that it takes on new vigor. At the heart of the battle: the telecommunications and electricity cables which run through the underwater world. In recent months, several of these critical infrastructures have been damaged in the Baltic, most often by the anchors of civilian ships passing a little too close. Very quickly suspicions fell on Russia, home port or stopover for several ships involved. If the acts of sabotage are difficult to establish, the Alliance no longer believes in chance and announced, Friday December 27, the strengthening of its military presence in the Baltic.
On Wednesday, December 25, an electrical cable connecting Finland to Estonia – Estlink 2 – was damaged, barely a month and a half after the rupture of two telecommunications cables located in Swedish territorial waters. Finnish police say they suspect the tanker Eagle-S to be involved in the breakdown. Arrested on December 26, this ship, suspected of being part of a “ghost fleet” transporting Russian oil under embargo, left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on December 24. The Chinese cargo ship Yi-Peng-3in the sights of the Swedish authorities since November, had also made a stopover there.
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