Finnish authorities have boarded and detained a vessel in the Gulf of Finland, off the coast of the Porkkala Peninsula, that is suspected of damaging submarines cables running between Finland and Estonia. According to the Helsinki Times, the Fitburg, a Saint Vincent-flagged Russian-owned cargo vessel that had departed Saint Petersburg, Russia, bound for Israel on Tuesday, is believed to have used its anchor to damage upwards of five underwater-submarine cables operated by the Finnish telecommunication company Elisa early in the morning on Wednesday.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has stated that Finland is “prepared for security challenges of various kinds,” and will “respond to them as necessary,” following reports of damage caused this morning to several underwater-submarine cables by a Russian cargo ship in the Gulf of Finland.
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