As they plied the gray, icy waters of the Baltic Sea west of Russia on Thursday, the crew of the Estonian minehunter EML Sakala kept a careful eye on any vessels slowing down suspiciously or suddenly changing course.

Finnish police have reported finding the anchor responsible for severing an undersea internet cable connecting Finland to Estonia. Last month, Finland detained the Eagle S, an oil tanker transporting Russian oil,

Finnish police said on Tuesday they had recovered a lost anchor from the seabed as part of an investigation of suspected sabotage against power and internet cables in the Baltic Sea.

Russia has been blamed for targeting vital infrastructure in the Baltic Sea as part of a hybrid war against the West. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the military alliance will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea area as Finnish investigators work to establish whether a ship linked to Russia sabotaged undersea c

Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said the ‘location where the anchor was found is along the route’ of the seized Eagle S tanker

The Finnish operator of the cables suspected to have been damaged by a vessel from Russia's shadow fleet on Christmas Day says the cables have now been repaired. A power cable damaged that day is still out of service.

Estonian naval ships are taking part in stepped-up patrols in the Baltic Sea by NATO countries after undersea power and communications cables have been damaged in recent months

Following suspected sabotage, two telecommunications cables running between Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea have been repaired, according to

The Eagle S, thought to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” was detained in December following suspected sabotage.

On Tuesday, January 7, specialists discovered the anchor of the tanker Eagle S at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. The vessel likely "lost" it during the breakage of several underwater cables, Yle reports.