On 17–18 November 2024, two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables, were disrupted in the Baltic Sea. The incidents involving both cables occurred in close proximity to each other and near-simultaneously, which prompted accusations from. The Finnish Border Guard detained the vessel Fitburg, which is suspected of damaging the Estonia–Finland telecommunications cable. Photo: Soome piirivalve The vessel's speed dropped sharply in the vicinity of the Elisa cable. The vessel, carrying Russian oil, is alleged to have severed an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia and damaged four internet lines.