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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent

Sixty-mile drag mark found near damaged Baltic Sea cable, says Finland

Oil tanker Eagle S
The Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S in Porvoo, Finland, after being seized by police. Photograph: Jussi Nukari/Rex/Shutterstock

Finnish investigators say they have found a seabed trail stretching almost 100km (about 60 miles) around the site of an underwater electricity cable that was damaged on Christmas Day in a suspected act of Russian sabotage.

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.

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