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A Finnish court ordered the seizure of an oil tanker suspected of damaging key telecommunications and power cables in the Baltic Sea, the
Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported Monday.The vessel, Eagle S, which flies the Cook Islands flag, is believed to have damaged the
EstLink 2 electricity cable linking Finland and Estonia, as well as telecommunications lines in the Baltic, on Dec
that are embargoed over the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.According to Yle, the Helsinki district court ordered the indefinite seizure of
and Elering, the Finnish and Estonian owners of EstLink 2, along with telecom cable owner Elisa
They are seeking damages from Caravella, a United Arab Emirates-based company that owns the Eagle S.Earlier this month, the Helsinki court
incidents in the Baltic, including damage to Swedish telecommunications cables in October.Last month, NATO announced plans to strengthen its
military presence in the Baltic Sea region, and European politicians have increasingly linked disruptions affecting underwater
intelligence sources, reported Sunday that the incidents involving commercial ships damaging cables with anchors were likely accidents,
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