Sweden has detected two underwater explosions, “probably due to detonations”, near where leaks were detected in pipelines carrying Russian gas to Europe, a Swedish seismic institute announced on Tuesday.
A first “massive emission of energy” of a magnitude of 1.9 was recorded on Sunday night at 02:03 am (01:03 am in Lisbon) in the southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, said Peter Schmidt, of the Swedish National Seismic Network. French agency AFP.
The Swedish institute recorded a second occurrence of magnitude 2.3 at 7:04 p.m. local time on Monday (6:04 p.m. in Lisbon), in the northeast of the island.
“We interpret that it comes with the highest probability of some form of detonation,” Schmidt said.
Danish and Swedish authorities have detected leaks in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which Russia closed at the beginning of September, and in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was never put into operation due to lack of authorization from Germany, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. . .
Despite not being operational, the two gas pipelines operated by a consortium of the Russian giant Gazprom were full of gas.
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of responsibility for the gas pipeline leak, denouncing a “terrorist attack” against the European Union.
“The large-scale gas leak from Nord Stream 1 is nothing more than a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression against the European Union,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said on Twitter, quoted by AFP.
The NS-1 “gas leak” is nothing more than a planned terrorist attack by Russia and an act of aggression towards the EU. wants to destabilize the economic situation in Europe and cause panic before winter. The best investment in response and safety – tanks for . Especially the Germans…
– Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) September 27, 2022
Source: TSF
