Finland filed criminal charges against the top officers of a Baltic oil tanker Monday in connection with severe damage done to undersea cables in December, one of a string of energy and telecom ruptures in the region that many European officials suspected were part of a sabotage campaign directed by Moscow.

Finnish authorities say they have charged the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.

EADaily, August 12th, 2025. Finland has charged the captain of the Eagle S tanker and his assistants with aggravated damage. The country's prosecutor's office believes that they are guilty of the fact that the vessel dragged an anchor along the bottom of the Gulf of Finland and severed five underwater