The cause of the cable damage was uncertain. Telecom operators said on Boxing Day that the incident had not impacted consumers so far.

Two of the data links are marine cables operated by Elisa, running between Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia. One also running from Helsinki to Tallinn is owned by the Chinese-owned CITIC Telecom.

The fourth cable is Cinia’s C-Lion1 submarine cable, which connects Helsinki to Germany. Finnish state-owned company Cinia has pinpointed the damage to its cable southeast of the Porkkala peninsula, just west of Helsinki on the Gulf of Finland.

According to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), Elisa’s cables have been severed, and two other cables have sustained damage.

  • Baggins@beehaw.orgEnglish
    171·
    1 day ago

    We all know it was Russia. They’ll never admit it and spout some bollocks about western conspiracy theories. Just seize all their ships and property. Anyone trading with them gets 30 years in the slammer.

    Patton was right, we should have dealt with the problem in 1945.

    • Classy Hatter@sopuli.xyz
      61·
      1 day ago

      Problem here is that these ships aren’t Russia’s vehicles. Eagle S, the one that most likely caused these damages, is registered to Cook Islands, and is owned by Dubain company. And then there is international maritime law, that among other things doesn’t allow blockades.