On 17–18 November 2024, two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables, were disrupted in the Baltic Sea. Finnish authorities took control of the Fitburg and escorted it to the port of Kantvik after it damaged an undersea cable. Image: MKFI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons For Finnish authorities, 2025 ended dramatically. On the very last day of the year, at 4:53 a. The incidents involving both cables occurred in close proximity to each other and near-simultaneously, which prompted accusations from. During preliminary work, the damaged section of the cable was excavated and cut out at sea for further examination, and the remaining cable sections were tested for integrity. The actual repair work on the damaged EstLink 2 electricity transmission link between Finland and Estonia will begin in May. The Estlink 2 undersea power cable, a vital link connecting the energy grids of Finland and Estonia, experienced an unexpected outage on December 25, 2024. Finnish authorities are actively investigating the incident, which has raised fresh concerns about the resilience of critical undersea. An Estonian naval ship in the Baltic Sea as part of stepped-up NATO patrols following suspected sabotage of undersea cables | AP At least 11 cables running along the Baltic seabed have been damaged since October 2023, officials say.
