The crew of the tanker Eagle S intended to damage even more cables in the Baltic Sea.

The crew of the oil tanker Eagle S, which is suspected of sabotaging underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, had plans to damage additional cables and pipelines. This did not occur because the vessel was detained.

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine citing Reuters.

According to Risto Lohi, the head of the investigation, the ship posed a threat to damage another energy cable, Estlink 1, as well as the BalticConnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia at the time of its detention.

"There was an almost immediate threat that other cables or pipelines related to our critical underwater infrastructure could be damaged," Lohi stated.

He mentioned that a ninth crew member has been added to the list of suspects and barred from leaving the country. Additionally, it was reported in Finland that eight out of the 24 crew members are also prohibited from departing. The captain of the vessel is a citizen of Georgia, while the crew consists of citizens from India and Georgia.

Cable Breaks in the Baltic Sea

At the end of last year, underwater communication cables between Finland and Estonia were damaged in the Baltic Sea. Following this, Finland detained the Eagle S vessel, likely a tanker from Russia's "shadow fleet," which was sailing in the area where the cable breaks occurred.

Recently, it became known that Finland suspects seven crew members of the vessel of vandalism under aggravating circumstances. They have been prohibited from leaving the country.