Finnish authorities seized the tanker 'Eagle S' in late December 2024 on suspicion it caused deliberate damage to undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea by dragging its anchor along the seabed. The anchor was missing at the time of seizure but has now been recovered by Finnish and Swedish authorities for forensic analysis. The damaged cables include the Estonia-Finland power line and four communication cables such as the C-Lion1 fiber optic link between Helsinki and Rostock. The 'Eagle S' is listed as part of Russia's shadow fleet, a group of vessels used to evade sanctions linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finnish police opened sabotage investigations and imposed travel restrictions on the ship's crew. Experts consider these attacks as covert hybrid warfare actions by Russian state or affiliated actors targeting critical Northern European infrastructure since the start of the Ukraine war.

Finnish authorities seized the tanker 'Eagle S' in late December 2024 on suspicion it caused deliberate damage to undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea by dragging its anchor along the seabed. The anchor was missing at the time of seizure but has now been recovered by Finnish and Swedish authorities for forensic analysis. The damaged cables include the Estonia-Finland power line and four communication cables such as the C-Lion1 fiber optic link between Helsinki and Rostock. The 'Eagle S' is listed as part of Russia's shadow fleet, a group of vessels used to evade sanctions linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finnish police opened sabotage investigations and imposed travel restrictions on the ship's crew. Experts consider these attacks as covert hybrid warfare actions by Russian state or affiliated actors targeting critical Northern European infrastructure since the start of the Ukraine war.