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Russia has attacked the gas line and optical sea cable between Finland and Estonia [1]

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Date: 2023-10-10  

Last night the Baltic Connector gas line and Elisa optical sea cable between Finland and Estonia west of Helsinki and Tallinn were sabotaged in the middle of the Gulf of Finland, with the Finnish leadership saying it likely was Russia.

The same Russian intel-connected vessel was seen near the breakage as was seen near the Nordstream shortly before it was destroyed.

Two vessels of the Finnish Navy have been dispatched to the site. The flow of gas has been halted in the pipeline. Also Elisa reported the undersea cable outage. The Finnish leadership has consulted with NATO. And NATO is standing by ready to help according to Stoltenberg.

The situation is evolving, with live coverage, but given all attention is on Israel it was important to get this out as timing of this may not be totally accidental also given the Russian situation in Ukraine. It may be that Russia has decided to divert the Western attention to further diminish its support for Ukraine, this making it also possible Russia and Iran have influenced timing of the Hamas attack.

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