NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Tuesday announced the launch of a new military activity by NATO to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure.

Repairs to the undersea power cable of the Estlink 2 interconnector between Finland and Estonia will take until mid-2025, with costs expected to reach tens of millions of euros.

Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil earlier this week on suspicion it had damaged an undersea power line and four telecoms cables.