Finland's power grid operator Fingrid said on Thursday it had asked a Helsinki court to seize the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company's claim for damages related to the breakdown of the Estlink 2 electricity cable.

The owner of an oil tanker seized by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and four telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, a lawyer representing the company said on Monday.

Finnish authorities on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines.

Finnish authorities are set to inspect an oil tanker suspected of sabotage after damage to a Baltic Sea electricity cable, the Finnish news agency STT reported on Monday, citing the authorities. The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) is to inspect the Cook Islands-flagged oil tanker Eagle S,

The Finnish coast guard said on Monday it was deploying one of its patrol vessels and a tugboat to assist an oil tanker that suffered engine failure in the Gulf of Finland, seeking to prevent environmental damage.

An undersea power cable that runs between Finland and Estonia was disconnected on Christmas Day. Finland is pretty sure that Russia is to blame. On Thursday, Finnish authorities boarded an oil tanker that is part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” used to dodge sanctions and that just so happened to be spotted passing over the EstLink 2 underwater cable as it stopped working,