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Another Baltic Sea incident; undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia breaks down, sabotage expected

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In a latest development it has been known that another same kind of an incident took place again at the Baltic Sea where the undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia has broken down and authorities are not ruling out sabotage.

Another Baltic Sea incident; undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia breaks down, sabotage expected

An undersea power cable named Estlink 2 which was connecting the countries Finland and Estonia eventually experienced a significant outage in the month of December this year while prompting an investigation by the Finnish authorities, reported The Guardian.

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According to The Guardian, the incident occurred during the afternoon which resulted in cutting off power transmission and raising suspicions of potential sabotage. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo reassured the public that the outage would not affect the electricity supply of the country as sufficient capacity remained available.

The outage is part of a concerning trend of incidents involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region which have heightened tensions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, asserted The Gurdian. Previous incidents included the severing of telecom cables linking Finland to Sweden and a gas pipeline damaged by a Chinese cargo ship's anchor earlier this year.

The Finnish electricity grid's head of operations named Arto Pahkin eventually indicated that sabotage cannot be ruled out and emphasized on the need for vigilance, noted The Guardian.

As the investigations continue, concerned officials remain on alert due to the strategic importance of these infrastructure connections in the context of regional security concerns.

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The Finnish electricity grid's head of operations named Arto Pahkin eventually indicated that sabotage cannot be ruled out and emphasized on the need for vigilance.

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