Finnish police release Russia-linked ship held in cable sabotage case


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  • Monday, 12 Jan 2026

The vessel Fitburg, suspected of damaging subsea communication cables in the Gulf of Finland, at Kantvik harbour in Kirkkonummi, in this undated handout courtesy of Finnish Border. Finnish police on Wednesday seized a ship sailing from Russia on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland, an area hit by a string of similar incidents in recent years. The seized cargo vessel "Fitburg" was en route from the Russian port of St Petersburg to Israel at the time of the incident, Finland's Border Guard authority told a press conference in Helsinki. Finnish Border Guard/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

COPENHAGEN, ‌Jan 12 (Reuters) - ‌Finnish police ‌said on Monday they ‍had lifted ‍a ‌seizure on the "Fitburg" ‍cargo ​ship, ⁠which had been held ‌on suspicion ⁠of ‍sabotaging an ‍undersea telecoms cable ‌running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of ‌Finland.

(Reporting by Stine ​Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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