A Finnish court on Friday denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea last week. Finland on Dec.

A court in Finland denied a request to release an oil tanker, which is suspected to have damaged an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea, according to a Reuters report.

Finland says a ship affiliated with Russia's "shadow fleet" is linked to a 60-mile-long anchor drag mark on the seafloor. A power cable in the Baltic Sea was severed last week.

Finland's national power grid operator said on Thursday it had asked a Helsinki court to seize the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company's claim for damages related to the breakdown of the undersea Estlink 2 electricity interconnector.

A vessel delivering oil for Russia was detained by Finland authorities on Thursday in connection with an undersea cable cutting incident that disconnected electricity to Estonia.

The damaged cable is one of several recent incidents in the Baltic Sea under investigation as possible acts of sabotage.

Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil earlier this week on suspicion it had damaged an undersea power line and four telecoms cables.

Finland’s national grid operator, Fingrid, has requested a court order to seize the tanker Eagle S, which is suspected of deliberately damaging the Estlink 2 power cable. Finnish authorities recently identified the Eagle S,

The Finnish transmission line operator, Fingrid, filed a request in a Helsinki court on Thursday to seize the tanker Eagle S to secure potential compensation claims. It is suspected that the vessel damaged the EstLink 2 subsea power link.