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.

Electricity transmission with Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection was cut on Christmas Day according to the Finnish grid operator

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Wednesday authorities in his country were investigating an undersea power cable outage on a line connecting Finland and Estonia.

Finland’s prime minister says authorities are investigating an interruption in a power cable under the Baltic Sea between his country and Estonia.

Finnish police said on Thursday they are investigating whether a foreign ship was involved in the damage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia following a sudden outage on Wednesday.

Head of operations of the Finnish electricity grid tells broadcaster that 'possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out'

The Finnish national grid operator Fingrid reported damage to the underwater electricity cable Estlink 2, connecting Finland and Estonia. The cause of the malfunction is unknown, Yle reports. It is noted that electricity is not transmitted between Finland and Estonia via Estlink 2 because the cable has been damaged.

The incident at the Estlink 2 interconnector cable will not affect Finland's power supply, said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo,