"Suspicious Maneuvers": Tusk declared the activity of the "shadow fleet" vessel near the Polish cable

According to the Polish Prime Minister, a research ship of the naval forces of Poland Orp "Heweliusz" went to the scene of the incident. Polish Defense Minister Vladislav Kosyak-Kkysh at a press conference after the incident said that the Russian ship was "frightened" by patrol. Journalists also point out that thanks to the submarine cable, 600 megawatts of the Polish and Sweden power grid benefit from cheap cross -border power supply.

Also at the press conference, the Polish Defense Minister, Viceremier-Minister Vladislav Kosyniak-Kkysh announced a special meeting on May 22 at the Maritime Operation Center in Gdynia on this incident. According to Kosiniak-Kakysh, the Russian ship did not enter Polish waters, but "performed suspicious maneuvers over the energy cable" owned by Poland. He added that in the Baltic Sea increased incidents associated with cable damage and called them "acts of sabotage and sabotage.

" "For us, security is an absolute priority. The safe Baltic Sea, cooperation with our allies, we also maintain contact with them. In addition, he added that "any such attack will meet a decisive response from Poland and NATO. " On vessels of the "shadow fleet" of Russia are transported oil and petroleum products around the world.

The Russian Federation began to buy ships for him after in December 2022, the countries of the Great Eight, the European Union and Australia introduced limits for the price of Russian oil at $ 60 per barrel. In December 2024, the Finnish Border Guard seized a tanker of the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation, which is suspected of damage to the sea cable of Estlink 2 electricity transmission between Finland and Estonia.

According to the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, related to the Russian Federation Tanker Eagle S pulled its anchor with a sea bottom in the area of ​​damage to the cable. On April 11, the edition of the ERR. EE wrote about the detention of the "shadow" Kiwala fleet in the Gulf of Finnish in Estonia to verify documents and legal status. On May 14, a video appeared on which Estonia allegedly tried to stop the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker with a plane, screw and patrol boats.