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The moves came a day after Finland seized a ship believed to belong to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet on suspicion that the vessel caused an outage of the separate Estlink 2 undersea power cable from Finland to Estonia on Wednesday.
The Finnish authorities also suspect the vessel damaged or broke four internet lines.
Baltic Sea nations are on high alert for potential acts of sabotage following a string of outages of power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines since 2022.
Moscow has previously denied any involvement in damage to Baltic Sea infrastructure.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wrote in a post on the X platform: “Spoke with [Finnish President Alexander Stubb] about the ongoing Finnish-led investigation into possible sabotage of undersea cables. I expressed my full solidarity and support. NATO will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea.”
The vessel seized by Finland, an old oil tanker called the Eagle S, sails under a Cook Islands flag and reportedly belongs to the Russian shadow fleet.
Estonia’s defense minister, Hanno Pevkur, said the protection of the Estlink 1 cable should be treated as an international issue and carried out as a joint military operation.
Estonia has also decided to apply to the International Maritime Organization by February to update maritime law, which it says currently does not cover underwater damage.
Estonia’s justice minister, Liisa Pakosta, said that bringing clarity to legislation on how countries should deal with such cases would minimize the possibility of any disputes ending up in an international court.
Pakosta added that cases of ships dragging their anchor “in order to harm the undersea infrastructure” should be directly covered by the law.
