Finland has new clues related to the ship registered in China? Russia "messages" the West

On October 24, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced that the anchor of a Chinese-registered ship may have come loose from the owner's ship and damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline.

đường ống dẫn khí đốt Balticconnector (Nguồn: Elering)

Balticconnector gas pipeline. (Source: Balticconnector/Elering)

According to the NBI, a large anchor was recovered from the seabed near the damaged pipeline in the early morning of October 8. Finnish police are determining whether the anchor, which belongs to a Chinese container ship, was in the area at the time of the incident.

Previously, authorities determined that the Balticconnector pipeline and two undersea telecommunications cables were damaged by external mechanical force.

Finnish investigators also noted that drag marks were visible on the seabed leading to the damaged section of the pipeline. The NBI believes that the anchor of a Chinese container ship broke free from the host ship and damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline.

A problem with the Balticconnector pipeline - the gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia - has affected Finland's gas supply.

Helsinki has been making up for the gas shortage by importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Inkoo terminal.

* Previously, on October 23, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that if Latvia proposed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) consider banning Russian ships from passing through the Baltic Sea, accusing Moscow of being behind the damage to the Balticonnector gas pipeline, then US ships would also be banned from moving through this sea area due to suspicions of involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.

Western countries should focus on finding the culprit behind the Nord Stream pipeline explosion instead of investigating the Balticconnector gas pipeline incident, Alexander Grushko said.

Reuters news agency also reported that Russian officials declared that the country was not involved in the leak of the Balticconnector gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia as accused by the West.

The Kremlin stated: "Any threats to Russia are unacceptable."

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