Concerns Arise Over Potential Sabotage to Nord Stream Pipelines After Unexplained Leaks
Officials are voicing concerns that three mysterious leaks that hit the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines on the same day maybe due to sabotage.
Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, told reporters that sabotage could not be ruled out as the cause behind the unexplained gas leaks that hit Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines on Sept. 26.
The two pipelines carry natural gas through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. Both pipelines were not in operation but still contained gas at the time of the leaks.
“It is hard to imagine that it is accidental. We cannot rule out sabotage, but it is too early to draw conclusions,” Frederiksen told Politiken, a Danish daily newspaper….