Finland Studies Cable Breach Causes as Sabotage Questioned (1)

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said there’s no conclusion yet on whether recent repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was sabotage.

Speaking in an interview on Bloomberg TV from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Stubb said sabotage, a mistake or incompetence are still on the table as possible causes. Investigation is ongoing in Finland into the actions of the crew of shadow-fleet tanker Eagle S after its anchor pulled up four data cables and a power link from the seabed on Dec. 25.

“The bottom line is it doesn’t really matter ...