Finland releases oil tanker Eagles that probably damaged submarine power cables

The Finnish police released the oil tanker Eagle in Sunday seized on Sunday, write Finnish media. The ship feed On the holiday past Finland and Estonia when power cables between the two countries were damaged. Finland then dragged the tanker to a Finnish port, but sees no reason to keep it there even longer. The ship is escorted from the territorial waters of the Northern European country under the supervision of a patrol vessel. Three crew members must stay in Finland.

The Finnish alarm bells immediately ringed when the Eagle S, which sails under the flag of the Cook Islands and of which the owner is not known, turned out to have sailed past the damaged cables. The oil tanker belongs to the so -called shadow fleet; A group of ships that helps Russia to bypass Western trade sanctions but is also used for sabotage and espionage. At the end of 2023, the ship carried out suspicious activities off the coast of the Netherlands, researched by research NRC.

The Finnish government soon said that it would assume that Russia is responsible for the damage. Out a Sunday published statement The Finnish police show that three crew members are not allowed to leave Finland, because a criminal investigation is running against them. For five others, the travel ban has been lifted, although there are still suspicions against them. Other crew members were already allowed to leave Finland.

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