A ship has been seized after the cable break between Gotland and Latvia. The Coast Guard is on site at a Malta-registered ship outside Karlskrona
Swedish PM: There is information suggesting that at least one data cable between Sweden and Latvia has been damaged in the Baltic Sea. The cable is owned by a Latvian entity. I have been in close contact with my Latvian counterpart, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, during the day. Sweden, Latvia and NATO are closely cooperating on the matter. Sweden will contribute with relevant capabilities to the effort to investigate the suspected incident.
Swedish prosecutors requested the detention of a Swedish man on suspicion of terrorism crimes over the ISIS killing of a Jordanian Air Force pilot, Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, in Syria a decade ago, they said on Monday
Hundreds of Swedish forces arrive in Latvia in largest deployment with NATO to date
Lithuania will lift defence spending to between 5% & 6% of GDP from 2026 up from just over 3% now
Puolustusvoimaministeri: Keskiviikon ja torstain välisenä yönä ranskalainen Atlantique 2 -meripartiolentokone oli Venäjän pelottelutoimien kohteena. Se partioi kansainvälistä ilmatilaa Itämeren yllä osana Naton operaatiota, ja sitä valaisi S400-maa-ilmapuolustusjärjestelmän palonhallintatutka. Tätä Venäjän aggressiivista toimintaa ei voida hyväksyä. Armeijamme jatkavat toimintaansa puolustaakseen merenkulun vapautta kansainvälisillä ilma- ja merialueilla.
2 viikko sittenEstonia and the other Baltic States believe Russia is likely trying to test/punish them for their decision to completely decouple from the Russian energy grid in February. Estonian PM @KristenMichalPM says nothing can deter this. "Russia is not a reliable partner," he says
2 viikko sittenFinnish Pres @alexstubb says no malign actor wanna-be should have any doubt: "Finns will act." The seizure of the Eagle S shadow-fleet tanker will now "be a benchmark we should follow", says Estonian PM @KristenMichalPM following talks of Baltic Sea leaders
Rutte says stepped-up action in the Baltic Sea "cannot wait for some summit" (like that in his home country in June). He says NATO will get "Baltic Sentry" up and running in the next couple of months
Rutte says the "alliance will not accept" these kind of hybrid attacks any more. "We will fight back," he emphasizes. "When it comes to kinetic warfare we are safe," he says, "but my biggest fear is that in 4 or 5 years we are not."
2 viikko sittenAfter talks in Helsinki, NATO chief Mark Rutte announces the launch of "Baltic Sentry", a new alliance initiative under the command of SACEUR Cavoli to increase surveillance and controls on ships traveling through NATO and international waters
2 viikko sittenEstonian Prime Minister @KristenMichalPM says Estonian officials have been regularly boarding ships passing through their waters to see if they're carrying proper insurance. He says many of are ticking environmental bombs
2 viikko sittenFollowing a meeting among Baltic Sea leaders and NATO chief Rutte, Finnish President @alexstubb lists a number of results, including more ships in a NATO patrol and a primer for other countries on how Helsinki navigated the December seizure of the Eagle S so others may follow
2 viikko sittenA Panama-flagged oil tanker, the “Eventin,” became disabled north of Rügen island in the Baltic Sea, carrying 99,000 tons of oil. No environmental threat or danger to the crew. It was en route from Ust-Luga (Russia) to Port Said (Egypt). Tow operation underway
The Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Eventin" (274m long and 48m wide) has gotten immobile off the Baltic Sea island of Rügen (Germany). The ship carries 99,000 tonnes of oil. According to Greenpeace, it is part of Russia's Shadow Fleet
1 kuukausi sittenFinnish Police confiscates the Eagle S tanker and it is currently being moved to Kilpilahti oil harbor in Porvoo with the help of tugs. Transfer operation has started on Saturday around 10:50 am
1 kuukausi sittenRussian-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: Puhui @alexstubbin kanssa meneillään olevasta Suomen johtamasta tutkimuksesta mahdollisesta merenalaisten kaapelien sabotoinnista. Ilmaisin täyden solidaarisuuteni ja tukeni. Nato vahvistaa sotilaallista läsnäoloaan Itämerellä
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
1 kuukausi sittenFinnish 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
1 kuukausi sittenAlexander Stubb: Sain katsauksen Suomenlahden kaapelirikkoon poliisiylijohtaja Ilkka Koskimäeltä, Keskusrikospoliisin päällikkö Robin Lardotilta ja Rajavartiolaitoksen apulaispäällikkö Markku Hassiselta. Viranomaisemme ovat selvittäneet tapahtumia yhteistyössä tehokkaasti. nnSeurasimme tilannetta eilisen aikana tiiviisti PMI @PetteriOrpo kanssa. Venäjän varjolaivastoon kuuluvien alusten aiheuttamat riskit on pystyttävä torjumaan
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.
Suomen rajavartiolaitoksen offshore-partiovene Turva Eagle S:n vieressä, AIS päällä hetki sitten
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.”
2 kuukausi sittenSwedish 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
