On Christmas Day 2024, critical infrastructure undersea cables including a power cable between Estonia and Finland (EstLink 2) and at least four communication cables in the Baltic Sea suffered sudden damages. Finnish investigators suspect sabotage, focusing on an oil tanker named 'Eagle S' which was found near the EstLink 2 cable with suspicious behavior, including missing anchors. The ship is suspected to be part of Russia's so-called 'shadow fleet' that circumvents EU sanctions and finances the Russian war effort. Finnish authorities and the EU have expressed strong concern about this and are conducting investigations. This incident adds to a pattern of hybrid attacks reported in the Baltic region since the start of the war in Ukraine.

On Christmas Day 2024, critical infrastructure undersea cables including a power cable between Estonia and Finland (EstLink 2) and at least four communication cables in the Baltic Sea suffered sudden damages. Finnish investigators suspect sabotage, focusing on an oil tanker named 'Eagle S' which was found near the EstLink 2 cable with suspicious behavior, including missing anchors. The ship is suspected to be part of Russia's so-called 'shadow fleet' that circumvents EU sanctions and finances the Russian war effort. Finnish authorities and the EU have expressed strong concern about this and are conducting investigations. This incident adds to a pattern of hybrid attacks reported in the Baltic region since the start of the war in Ukraine.