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A Finnish court has jailed the captain and a crew member of the Fitburg freighter over the suspected sabotage of cables linking Helsinki and Tallinn, Deutsche Welle reported on 5 November 2026. Finland seized the vessel last year, and the case is one of several incidents of damaged infrastructure in the Baltic Sea since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Deutsche Welle's brief report did not give the length of the sentences or the court's reasoning. The case highlights growing concern among Baltic states about threats to undersea cables carrying power and communications.