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Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the
Estlink-2 cable stopped Wednesday and that authorities were
“investigating the matter.” He said the interruption would not
affect electricity supplies in Finland.
Estonian network operator Elering said there was enough spare
capacity to meet power needs on the Estonian side, public
broadcaster ERR said on its website.
Authorities have been on edge about undersea infrastructure in
the Baltic. Two data cables, one running between Finland and
Germany, the other between Lithuania and Sweden, were severed in
November.
Germany's defense minister said officials had to assume the
incident was “sabotage," but without providing evidence or
saying who might have been responsible. The remark came during a
speech in which he discussed hybrid warfare threats from Russia.
The Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that once brought natural
gas from Russia to Germany were damaged by underwater explosions
in September 2022. Authorities have termed it sabotage and
launched criminal probes.
The Estlink-2 cable was down for much of this year to repair
damage from a short circuit that may have been caused by the
cable's complex positioning, ERR reported.
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