Event 0829feba-7b94-4420-99a4-4f3c30af8b28

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Finland Country: Estonia Country: Baltic Sea Region

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan-lundqvist-sedu_lo-at-1...

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Event Time

1y ago

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1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: At 12:26 today, Christmas Day, electricity supply through the ESTLINK 2 connecting Finland an Estonia was interrupted.

Short Summary: Electricity via the ESTLINK 2 undersea cable between Finland and Estonia was interrupted. Investigation ongoing, with evidence of possible ship anchor involvement.

Description

On December 25, 2024, at 12:26 UTC, electricity supply through ESTLINK 2, the undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, was interrupted. The Finnish National Grid (Fingrid) reported the outage and launched an investigation, involving Estonian authorities and the Finnish Border Guard. MarineTraffic data indicates the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Xin Xin Tian 2 crossed the cable at the time of the interruption. The incident is under investigation.

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At 12:26 today, Christmas Day, electricity supply through the ESTLINK 2 connecting Finland an Estonia was interrupted.

According to Iltalehti, the MarineTraffic service shows that the Hong Kong-flagged container ship Xin Xin Tian 2 sailed across the submarine cable at the time of the cable break.

At 6 PM on Christmas Day, Fingrid announced that the cause of the disruption was still unclear and that the investigation work was continuing in cooperation with the Estonian national grid company and Estonian authorities.

The latest developments of this serious incident center on the fact that the Russian tanker 'Eagle S' is suspected of having damaged the Estlink 2 power cable - and additional communications cables - between Estonia and Finland by dragging its anchor.

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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan-lundqvist-sedu_lo-at-1226-today-christmas-day-electricity-ugcPost-7277764962339422208-3WZX

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