Finnish officials say Russia's "shadow fleet" is sabotaging vital undersa internet cables.

Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers as part of a probe into a damaged undersea cable.

Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office charged three German-Russian citizens from the town of Bayreuth with spying for Moscow, the office's spokesperson told Der Spiegel newspaper on Dec. 30. The main suspect is 40-year-old Dieter S.

Minister of Interior Lauri Läänemets (SDE) said the government currently has no plans to close the border with Russia in reaction to the broken cables in the Baltic Sea.

Police in Finland probing damage to undersea cables say a shadowy Russia-linked ship may have dragged its anchor for more than 60 miles.

The owner of the Eagle S tanker, which carries Russian gasoline and is suspected of damaging the EstLink 2 power cable between Finland and Estonia, demanded to release the vessel through the court. The lawyer says that he has not yet seen a warrant for the detention of the tanker.

The city of Narva, squeezed along Estonia's border with Russia, has been at the center of efforts to resist what it claims are near constant provocations from Moscow — from satellite navigation jamming, to snatched border demarcation buoys, blaring propaganda, surveillance drones and buzzing blimps marked with the 'Z' of Russia's armed forces.

Russia may try to seize part of Estonia. The city of Narva, located between Estonia and Russia, could become the place where World War III begins, Politico reports. According to the agency, the city of Narva squeezed along Estonia's border with Russia,

Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.

Police and media reports say that Finnish authorities have detained a Russia-linked ship as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables.

The Finnish authorities said the tanker might be part of Russia’s shadow fleet, which emerged as a way to circumvent Western-imposed price caps on Russian oil transported by sea. The caps were introduced several months after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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.