Finland's public transport agency said on Wednesday that an oil tanker suspected of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has been found to have serious deficiencies and will not be allowed to operate until repairs have been made.

The anchor of the Eagle S oil tanker has been recovered from the bed of the Baltic Sea during an inquiry into the ship's possible involvement in sabotage of maritime energy and communication cables. The EU says the tanker belongs to the so-called Russian shadow fleet.

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

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.

In a statement posted on its website on December 26, the Finland police said it is investigating “the rupture of the Estlink 2 power transmission cable within Finland’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Gulf of Finland”, adding that it is also “looking into other possible damages in the maritime area”.

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.

This week, a Russian tanker linked to cable sabotage detained in Finland, a claimed Gravy Analytics breach exposed location data, a Mirai-based botnet exploited

Finnish police have reported finding the anchor responsible for severing an undersea internet cable connecting Finland to Estonia.

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) reported the detention of the tanker Eagle S due to numerous technical deficiencies. The ship, suspected of damaging cables in the Baltic Sea,