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Two telecoms cables connecting Estonia and Finland under the Baltic Sea have been repaired after suspected sabotage, Finnish operator Elisa
said on Monday.Finnish authorities are investigating the suspected sabotage of four telecoms cables and one power cable on Dec
25 just weeks after other cables in the region were severed.Experts and politicians have said recent actions targeting vital infrastructure
are part of a hybrid war between Russia and Western countries."The repairs took place today," Elisa's security chief Jaakko Wallenius told
AFP, adding that the cables seemed to have been severed by an anchor.Investigators suspect an oil tanker named Eagle S of the sabotage,
accusing the vessel of transporting Russian oil products that are embargoed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine."There is compelling
evidence of the Eagle S at the site," Wallenius said, though he added it was up to law enforcement to determine who was responsible.Flying
the flag of the Cook Islands, the Eagle S is now off the coast of Porkkala around 30 kilometers south of Helsinki, and eight of its sailors
have been banned from leaving Finnish territory.The power cable damaged on Dec
10, according to operator Cinia.There was no information about the final cable affected by the incident, operated by CITIC between Tallinn
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