Summary

The undersea Estlink-2 power cable linking Finland and Estonia experienced an outage on Wednesday, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced.

Authorities stated the disruption will not affect electricity supplies in Finland or Estonia.

Concerns are heightened due to recent incidents involving undersea infrastructure in the Baltic, including severed data cables in November and the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.

The cause of the Estlink-2 outage remains unclear.

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    16 hours ago

    I’ve always found it with that we just have these very important wires just lying there exposed on the sea bed… You’d think this kind of stack would have happened much more previously

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      I wonder what he gets out of it. I can understand the Kremlin making arson attacks happening in Europe for example, but this? What’s the end goal here?

      For me it will just awaken the sleepy countries faster.

    • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      Usually there’s not that much of a reason to sow dissent against Russia, but Ukraine is losing pretty badly and there’s not a another nordstream for them to blow up.

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          9 hours ago

          It was either the US or Ukraine, depending on if you believe Seymour Hersh.

          That single act destroyed the economy of Germany and is probably the single act most responsible for AfD doing so well now.

          It would also have been the first act of war by a NATO member against another NATO member, if you believe Seymour Hersh.

          It was far far more destructive then cutting an internet line, and yet everyone here seems to forgotten it because it is a problematic thing to be concerned by for thee people that want war with a nuclear power.

          • Valmond@lemmy.world
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            7 hours ago

            What are you even talking about. You sounds like a schizophrenic who forgot to take their medication, answering questions that exists only in your own mind.