Cables break in Gulf of Finland. Police suspect that tanker deliberately dragged anchor for tens of kilometers

A trail of dragging the anchor, several dozen kilometers long, has been found on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. Police suspect that the russian vessel Eagle S may have damaged the electric cable connecting Estonia and Finland.

This was reported by Yle on December 20.

According to the police, it has not yet been possible to establish the exact location where the anchor was dropped, but the trail extends over a long distance.

"The trail ends where the vessel lifted the anchor chain, and in an eastern direction it stretches for several dozen, perhaps even about a hundred kilometers," explained police inspector Sami Paila in an interview with Yle.

She also noted that the Central Criminal Police already has a preliminary picture of the incident.

"We believe that the drag mark belongs to the anchor of the Eagle S vessel. This information was confirmed thanks to the underwater research," Paila specified.

Currently, the research of the seabed has been temporarily suspended due to adverse weather conditions, but the work is planned to resume in the near future.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on December 25 it became known that the Estlink 2 underwater power cable connecting Finland and Estonia broke in the Baltic Sea.

On December 25, three communication cables connecting the countries along the bottom of the Baltic Sea also broke.

On December 26, Finnish police detained the Eagle S vessel, which may have been involved in the Estlink 2 cable break. It turned out that it belongs to russia's "shadow fleet" created to circumvent sanctions.