Powerful blasts recorded at Nord Stream as Europe suspects sabotage

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Seismologists have claimed that the recorded gas leaks at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 undersea pipelines that damaged the systems in three places were a result of suspected underwater blasts that are yet to have been ruled out as sabotage. The pipelines, which were built to transit gas from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, started leaking on Monday, which experts from Denmark and Sweden have confirmed occurred after strong explosions were felt near the leaks. Ukraine has claimed that the pipelines were deliberately sabotaged in an act of Russain aggression. 

 

It comes just days before a new pipeline carrying gas from Norway to Europe is set to open, sparking concerns that the explosions were a result of a “terrorist attack”. 

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak called it a “clear act of aggression against the EU”, which is hugely dependent on Russian gas, getting 40 percent of its total supplies from Moscow last year. 

Amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s slashing of supplies to Europe, the EU has been scrambling to replace Russia’s gas with supplies from alternative producers. For instance, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed a gas deal with United Arab Emirates on Sunday, while France’s TotalEnergies struck a huge deal with Qatar on Saturday. 

Now, many are pointing the finger at Russia for sabotaging the pipelines as revenge, which reportedly started leaking after underwater blasts were recorded. 

 

Bjorn Lund, from Sweden’s National Seismology Centre, told local media: “There is no doubt that these were explosions.”

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