Finnish seizure of tanker Eagle S

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The Cook Islands flagged tanker Eagle S was interdicted and seized by Finnish armed forces in international waters in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea on December 26, 2024. The interdiction happened hours after the Estlink 2 undersea DC power cable connecting Finland and Estonia was cut. European officials accuse the ship of being part of the Russian "shadow fleet" transporting Russian oil to customers in Asia.

Estlink 2 cable

"Magic anchor"

  • Communications cables between Estonia and Finland disrupted, services online - ERR News, December 26, 2024
    Elisa Eesti AS and CITIC Telecom CPC notified the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) on Wednesday (December 25) evening about disruptions in undersea communication cables between Estonia and Finland. On Wednesday evening, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) received information that three undersea communication cables between Estonia and Finland were affected: two cables owned by the Elisa Group were severed and one cable belonging to CITIC Telecom was damaged.
  • Oil tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with Russian and Turkish keyboards'- ERR News, December 28, 2024
    "Four data cables were damaged at around the same time".

Interdiction and seizure

Finnish Rapid Deployment Force rapels tanker Eagle S

Confiscation

Investigation

Allegations

Finnish reaction

Russian reaction

False-flag speculation

Legality

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