By Essi Lehto and Andrius Sytas HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finnish authorities on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier,

Finnish police said on Thursday they are investigating whether a foreign ship was involved in the damage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia following a sudden outage on Wednesday.

Finland’s prime minister says authorities are investigating an interruption in a power cable under the Baltic Sea between his country and Estonia.

Electricity transmission with Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection was cut on Christmas Day according to the Finnish grid operator

Finnish law enforcement officers have stopped the Eagle S vessel, which may have been involved in damaging an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia

A Russia-linked ship carrying oil in the Baltic Sea was seized on Thursday by Finnish authorities on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Wednesday authorities in his country were investigating an undersea power cable outage on a line connecting Finland and Estonia. An unplanned break in service on the Estlink 2 interconnector occurred at 1026 GMT,

Head of operations of the Finnish electricity grid tells broadcaster that 'possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out'

The Finnish national grid operator Fingrid reported damage to the underwater electricity cable Estlink 2, connecting Finland and Estonia. The cause of the malfunction is unknown, Yle reports. It is noted that electricity is not transmitted between Finland and Estonia via Estlink 2 because the cable has been damaged.

The incident at the Estlink 2 interconnector cable will not affect Finland's power supply, said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo,