Finnish authorities have charged the captain and two senior officers of the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S, which is linked to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet," with aggravated criminal damage for sabotaging five undersea telecom cables in the Gulf of Finland in December 2024. The damages caused by the cable cuts are estimated at €60 million. This marks the first instance of a NATO country pressing charges against personnel of a Russian-affiliated vessel for such an incident. The Eagle S tanker is suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet, a network of ships used to evade Western sanctions amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The Finnish prosecutor's office is pursuing the case amid jurisdictional disputes, as the defendants deny wrongdoing. The sabotage follows a series of undersea cable damages reported in the Baltic Sea since November 2024, raising concerns among European nations about maritime security and infrastructure vulnerability.