According to the Danish energy authority, no more gas is allowed to escape from the damaged Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2. This is indicated by the stabilized pressure, it said. At the moment there are no current reports about the exit of the Nord Stream 1 lines.
Of the four leaks, two are in the Swedish and two in the Danish economic zone. After meeting her British counterpart Liz Truss on Saturday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emphasized that the leaks were not an accident, but “sabotage of critical infrastructure”. That is also the view of many other Western heads of government, the EU and NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Britain and the US respectively. US President Joe Biden called on Friday not to listen to Putin: “We know what he is saying is not true.” “It was an act of deliberate sabotage,” he stressed at the same time. He accused Russia of now spreading “false information and lies” about the damage.
According to estimates from Sweden and Denmark, at least two explosions with the force of an explosive charge likely weighing several hundred kilograms caused the gas pipelines to leak in the Baltic Sea. A spokesman for the Russian energy company Gazprom told TASS news agency that about 800 million cubic meters of gas had escaped. The volume of the leaked gas corresponds to quarterly deliveries for Denmark.
No schedule for repair
According to information, there is currently no foreseeable timetable for fixing the leaks. Russian company Gazprom has begun to look for “possible solutions to make the system work again,” spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said Friday via video link for the UN Security Council in New York during a debate requested by Russia about the leaks. However, the duration of this repair cannot be estimated at this time. Technically, the task was “very overwhelming”. Such leaks have never existed before.
It has since become known that the alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines will also be discussed at next week’s EU summit in Prague. The sabotage poses a threat to the EU, EU Council President Charles Michel wrote on Twitter on Saturday after a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. “We are committed to protecting our critical security structure.” The heads of state and government would discuss this at the next summit. Frederiksen wrote on Twitter that the damage to the pipes was not accidental and needed to be thoroughly investigated.
Source: Krone
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