Estonian Navy Guards Subsea Power Link After Cable Damage

Estonia is sending its navy close to the Estlink 1 subsea power link to defend and secure its energy connection with Finland, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said on Friday after power and data cables went offline earlier this week. On Wednesday, the Estlink-2 power link went offline. By early Thursday afternoon investigations were ongoing in both Finland and Estonia on the cause of the damage. On Friday, the Estonian Defence Forces said “The Estonian Navy is commencing the protection of the Estlink 1 sea cable with the patrol ship…