Finland Finds Anchor Trail at Baltic Site of Suspected Sabotage

Finnish investigators say they have found a seabed trail stretching almost 60 miles around the site of an underwater electricity cable that was damaged on Christmas Day in a suspected act of Russian sabotage.

- Shaun Walker

The ship under suspicion of causing the damage, a vessel called the Eagle S flying the flag of the Cook Islands, is believed to be part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet, used for transporting Russian oil products subject to embargos after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

"Our current understanding is that the drag mark in question is that of the anchor of the Eagle S," the police chief investigator, Sami Paila, said on Sunday. "We have been able to clarify this matter through underwater research," he told the Finnish national broadcaster Yle.