The court in Finland has allowed the detention of a tanker of Russia's shadow fleet suspected of damaging cables in the Baltic Sea. The detained vessel is suspected of involvement in the incident with an energy cable and four communication cables,

The Baltic Sea has seen multiple attacks on energy and communications infrastructure since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. These have often been linked to hybrid warfare tactics

A Finnish court on Friday denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea last week. Finland on Dec.