Police and media reports say that Finnish authorities have detained a Russia-linked ship as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables.

Finland is investigating the possible Christmas Day “sabotage” of an undersea power cable linking the country with Estonia under the Baltic Sea.

The Estlink-2 power went down just after noon on Wednesday. There has been concern about undersea cables in the wake of damage to two data cables in November and Nord Stream gas pipeline.

Estlink 2 power interconnector remained offline following the outage that began at midday local time on Christmas Day.

The undersea telecommunication cables "Arelion" and "C-Lion 1" were cut on November 17 and 18, 2024, according to its operator. Suspicions have been directed at the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3. Rus.

The Chinese vessel linked to last month’s data-cable breakages in the Baltic Sea has set sail after investigations on board and is heading out of the Danish straits.

Finland’s prime minister says authorities are investigating an interruption in a power cable under the Baltic Sea between his country and Estonia.

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Wednesday authorities in his country were investigating an undersea power cable outage on a line connecting Finland and Estonia. An unplanned break in service on the Estlink 2 interconnector occurred at 1026 GMT,

Head of operations of the Finnish electricity grid tells broadcaster that 'possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out'

The incident at the Estlink 2 interconnector cable will not affect Finland's power supply, said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.