The four leaks that affect the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are due to underwater explosions corresponding to “hundreds of kilos” of TNT, says an official report from Sweden and Denmark presented to the United Nations on Friday.
“The magnitude of the explosions was measured at 2.3 and 2.1 respectively on the Richter scale, which is probably equivalent to an explosive charge of hundreds of kilos,” the two countries said in a statement to the UN Security Council. UN. This is a meeting on the subject on Friday in New York at the request of Russia.
The source and perpetrator of the explosions remain a mystery, with Washington and Moscow denying responsibility. The leaks were discovered in international waters east of the Danish island of Bornholm on Monday. Two are located in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and the other two in those of Denmark.
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In the context of the conflict in Ukraine and the tensions between Russia and the West, the damage caused to the gas pipelines -strategic installations between Russia and Germany- are at the origin of impressive surface boils ranging from 200 to 900 meters in depth. diameter. Navigation in the areas as well as overflight is prohibited.
According to the Danish-Swedish document, the two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline should be stopped by Sunday. The date of the end of leaks on Nord Stream 2 remains uncertain.
The Nord Stream AG consortium, which operates the pipelines, indicated in a press release on Thursday night that it could “start assessing the damage caused to the pipeline as soon as it has received the necessary official authorizations”, that is, ” when the pressure in the gas pipeline will stabilize and the gas leak will have ceased”.
Source: BFM TV
