The leak on the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipelines was clearly caused by deliberate acts, which could not be the result of an accident," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated on Tuesday evening.
"Now, the authorities clearly assess that these are deliberate acts. It was not an accident," underlined Frederiksen at his press conference in Copenhagen. "For now, we have no information about who could be behind this act," said the Danish leader, adding that the authorities do not consider what happened to be a direct military threat.
Energy Minister Dan Jörgensen said that the damage was caused by explosions on Monday. He added: the size of the holes created on the wires located at a depth of 70-90 meters indicates that they could not have been caused by an accident. Denmark closed the affected maritime area to shipping and established a small no-fly zone. Due to the decrease in buoyancy, ships can sink, on the other hand, the surface is saturated with methane, which is explosive.
Not long before, Björn Lund, a specialist of the Swedish Seismological Network (SNSN), told the Swedish public television SVT: "There can be no doubt that these were explosions and not an earthquake or a landslide".
He emphasized that the explosions occurred in the water, not in the rock beneath the seabed. Pipeline systems connect Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea. Both wire pairs are out of service. The Nord Stream-1 is because the Russian side stopped natural gas transportation in August, and the Nord Stream-2 is because the German side stopped the process of putting the system into operation in February due to Russia's war against Ukraine.
Due to the leakage of the gas pipeline, Ukraine blames the Russians and vice versa, of course, many politicians also spoke out on the matter, demanding a strict investigation, while this topic is also at the top of the news, spreading various speculations.
On Fox News last night, Tucker Carlson asked the question about the attack on the Nord Stream: Did the Biden administration really do this?
According to the presenter, it is inconceivable that Putin is responsible for the gas leak, however, Joe Biden already promised in February that the gas pipelines would be eliminated.
On Tucker Carlson's evening show, he looked for answers to what really happened to the Nord Stream gas pipeline and who was responsible for the "attack". According to the presenter, it is impossible that Vladimir Putin is responsible for the explosion that caused the gas leak, as it would be suicide for the Russian president to sabotage his own pipeline.
Carlson emphasized: Europe needs Russian gas now more than ever, so Moscow also has an interest in the delivery. In the middle of a war, every "penny" Russia gets from gas supplies counts.
Under these circumstances, it is impossible for you to blow up Nord Stream I. and II. wires. Not now, of course," he added.
According to the presenter, this does not mean that other countries would not consider sabotaging the operation of the lines. He recalled that in February, even before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, US President Joe Biden declared: if Russia attacks Ukraine, it means the end of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. I promise we'll make it happen .
Source: Mandarin
Opening image: Danish Defense / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP
