1 day agoRussian-linked tanker 'Eagle S' suspected of cutting undersea energy cables between NATO members Finland and Estonia now also suspected of: a) carrying sanction busting Russian oil ('Shadow Fleet') and b) being used as a covert intelligence ship
Mark Rutte: Spoke with @alexstubb about the ongoing Finnish-led investigation into possible sabotage of undersea cables. I expressed my full solidarity and support. NATO will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea
Finnish authorities said Thursday that they were investigating an oil tanker that sailed from a Russian port for the "sabotage" of a power cable linking Finland and Estonia that was damaged the previous day
2 day agoFinnish Police Readiness Unit and BG SOF boarded the ship suspected to be responsible for cutting the cable between Finland and Estonia last night. Investigation is on going
2 day agoPresident of Finland Alexander Stubb: I received a briefing on the cable breach in the Gulf of Finland from Police Chief Ilkka Koskimäki, Head of the Central Criminal Police Robin Lardot and Deputy Head of the Border Guard Markku Hassinen. Our authorities have investigated the events in an efficient manner. We closely monitored the situation yesterday with PMI @PetteriOrpo. We must be able to prevent the risks posed by ships belonging to the Russian shadow fleet
Prime Minister of Finland: "The Estlink 2 electricity transmission connection [undersea power cable] between Finland and Estonia has been disconnected this afternoon. Authorities are still on standby over Christmas and are investigating the matter. The interruption of the transmission connection will not affect the electricity supply of Finns."
Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of Estonian Parliament: If the assumption is true that the outage of the Estonia-Finland electricity connection EstLink2 is caused by interference from a vessel that has passed over the field, NATO member states should quickly consult on further actions. Closing the Baltic Sea to vessels flying certain flags should not be ruled out.
Finnish border guards offshore patrol boat Turva next to Eagle S, turned on AIS moments ago
Estonia sanctioned another 14 Georgian authorities, including Prime Minister Kobakhidze
German Defense Minister: Russia Shows Increased Presence in Baltic Sea
Finnish Police is not investigating cable cut as possible sabotage. One cable cut was an accident, made by an excavator, details on the other aren't known yet
Finland said it was investigating the causes of two separate breaches of land-based fiber-optic cables in the Nordic country, the latest in a series of telecoms infrastructure outages to affect the Baltic Sea region
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania announced on December 1, that three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania “jointly agreed to impose national sanctions against those who suppressed legitimate protests in Georgia.”
1 month agoSwedish authorities have reason to suspect that the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 deliberately dragged its anchor on the seabed for kilometers in order to damage the submarine cables between Finland and Germany and Sweden and Lithuania
A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person, firefighters said
DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, killing 1, local officials say
1 month agoA Swiftair 737-400 operated for DHL crashed in a residential area short of the runway while attempting to land in Vilnius this morning at approximately 03:30 UTC
1 month agoThere was a plane crash near Vilnius. The plane belonging to the DHL company crashed into a two-story residential building on Žirnių Street in the capital of Lithuania and caught fire. Initial information indicates that there were four people on board: two pilots and two employees of the company.
DHL cargo plane crashes near Vilnius airport
1 month agoYi Peng 3 is being detained in Danish waters by the looks of it
1 month agoSweden opens probe into suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea cables: prosecutors
1 month ago3 Danish navy ships are converging on the Chinese vessel suspect of cutting communication cables right now
Germany, Finland 'deeply concerned' about severed undersea telecom cable: joint statement
Following Finnish media reports that an unexplained failure of an undersea telecommunications cable has disrupted communication services between Finland and Germany, Telia says that the communications cable between Lithuania and Sweden was also damaged
1 month agoFinnish state company Cinia has held a presser on issue with the CLion1 Helsinki to Rostock cable. Hypothesis is that it is completely cut close to Öland, and that this is the result of external forces (though no particular indication of sabotage)
New EU foreign policy chief Kallas says in her EP hearing that there are two urgent EU foreign policy priorities: Russia's war against Ukraine and Middle East
Russia is behind explosive parcels sent from Lithuania to European countries, a Lithuanian presidential adviser said on Tuesday, amid alarm amongst NATO countries that sabotage organised by Moscow nearly caused an air disaster. Western governments and intelligence agencies in Europe have previously pointed to Moscow as being the source of a series of fires and acts of sabotage in Europe aimed at destabilising allies of Ukraine
Swedish police said that they were investigating a shooting near an Israeli target in the city of Gothenburg, which the national broadcaster said was a unit of Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems. There were no reports of injuries and a young suspect was apprehended at the scene. He is suspected with an attempted murder and serious weapons crime
2 month agoLithuania has fortified another bridge over the Nemunas River on the route from the Kaliningrad. Fortifications are progressing as planned, with some bridges set to be demolished. Fortifications will be supported by firepower, in case it’s needed, to stop and destroy the enemy
Article 5 of the NATO Treaty will not help those small countries of the alliance that threaten Russia, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Medvedev
