Reports came in early Tuesday morning that the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines had sprung some “mysterious leaks” and as Europe and Russia rushed to find the cause(s), Kyiv, Ukraine has floated a theory of its own.
#BREAKING Kyiv says Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks a ‘terrorist attack’ by Moscow pic.twitter.com/MU5gWb3Bwp
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 27, 2022
Nord Stream 2 had experienced a leak early in the morning, followed by two more leaks being found in Nord Stream 1. Nord Stream 2 is currently out of commission as the result of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, while pipeline 1 is still active.
#UPDATE Two leaks have been identified on the Nord Stream 1 Russia-to-Europe gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, hours after a similar incident on its twin pipeline, Scandinavian authorities said on Tuesday ▶️ https://t.co/U2SJ9PWqG3 pic.twitter.com/LgpNAJuEpD
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 27, 2022
The Kremlin says it is “extremely concerned” about the incident, while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen suspected that the leaks may not be “accidental.”
#BREAKING ‘Hard to imagine’ Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks ‘accidental’: Danish PM pic.twitter.com/yXrNKCeORD
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 27, 2022
Ukraine’s advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Mykhailo Podolyak asserted that Russians had a hand in the destruction of the pipelines, even going so far as to dub the incident a “terrorist attack.”
#BREAKING Kyiv says Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks a ‘terrorist attack’ by Moscow pic.twitter.com/MU5gWb3Bwp
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 27, 2022
“The large-scale “gas leak” from PP-1 is nothing more than a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression towards the EU. [Russia] wants to destabilize the economic situation in Europe and cause panic before winter. The best tyrant response and security investment is tanks for [Ukraine] . Especially German…” Podolyak tweeted.
Масштабний «витік газу» з ПП-1 – це не що інше, як спланований Росією теракт та акт агресії в напрямку ЄС. 🇷🇺 хоче дестабілізувати економічну ситуацію в Європі та викликати паніку перед зимою. Найкраща відповідь тирану та інвестиція в безпеку – танки для 🇺🇦. Особливо німецькі…
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) September 27, 2022
The Swedish Seismic Institute reported that underwater “blasts” were recorded leading up to the pipeline leaks, though it’s unclear what caused them. However, they have stated in no uncertain terms that it was not an “earthquake.”
#BREAKING Underwater ‘blasts’ recorded prior to Nord Stream pipeline leaks: Swedish seismic institute pic.twitter.com/rcxod7CUqA
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 27, 2022
“The first happened at 2:03 am (0003 GMT) just southeast of Bornholm with a magnitude of 1.9. Then we also saw one at 7:04 pm on Monday night, another event a little further north and that seems to have been a bit bigger. Our calculations show a magnitude of 2.3,” said Peter Schmidt, an Uppsala University seismologist.
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