According to the Estonian authorities, there is no natural explanation for the cable breaking.
Today, the Estonian Protection Police published the first picture of the broken communication cable between Finland and Estonia.
Postimees magazine according to the prosecutor’s office and the security police consider it clear that the cable has been damaged as a result of external activity. Something is caught in the cable, which is completely broken.
The damage to the communication cable was discovered at the same time as it was discovered that the Baltic Connector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia had leaked on Sunday night, October 8.
Estonian Broadcasting Corporation according to the authorities investigating the cable breach have sent a request for legal assistance to China.
According to the Estonian prosecutor, they want to find out the role of the Hong Kong-flagged NewNew Polar Bear ship in the events. The ship was moving in the area at the time of the gas pipe and communication cable break.
He was the first in Finland to tell about the cable image published by the Estonian authorities Helsingin sanomat newspaper.