Gas pipeline and telecom cable between Finland and Estonia damaged
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records damage to the gas pipeline and telecommunications cables between Finland and Estonia, linked to the ship NewNew Polar Bear; NOS reported possible sabotage. It codes the incident as sabotage, apparent goal degrade energy supply / communications infrastructure, target energy / communications infrastructure, location Baltic Sea; the dataset dates it only to October 2023, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 October 2023
- Where
- Baltic Sea, No single country
- What
- cable damage
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence NOS
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Gas pipeline and telecom cable between Finland and Estonia damaged", ev-20261027-r9qh, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-r9qh/