Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident

The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations says sabotage can’t be ruled out

An undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia broke down on Wednesday, Finland’s prime minister said, the latest in a series of incidents involving cables and energy pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations, Arto Pahkin, told the public broadcaster Yle that sabotage could not be ruled out.

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