Sweden’s national security service said Thursday that a crime scene investigation into fuel leaks from two underwater pipelines linking Russia to Germany “has suspicions of serious sabotage. “
The Swedish security service said the investigation found that there were detonations in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Swedish exclusive economic zone, which had “significant damage” to the pipelines.
He added that “some seizures have been made,” giving additional details, and that they will now be tested and analyzed.
“The continuation of the initial investigation will have to show whether anyone can be suspected and then prosecuted,” the Swedish security service said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the Swedish prosecutor’s office said the domain was no longer cordoned off.
On September 26, seismologists reported explosions in the vicinity of Nord Stream fuel leaks, which are located in foreign waters but within the exclusive economic zones of Denmark and Sweden.
The Danish Armed Forces said at the time that video footage showed the larger fuel leak created a disturbance on the surface about 1 kilometer (0. 62 miles) in diameter, while the smaller leak caused a circle of about two hundred meters. The cause of fuel leaks is not yet known
The European Union suspects sabotage, especially since the incident comes amid a bitter power between Brussels and Moscow.
Russia has denied being the alleged attack, calling the accusations “stupid. “
Late last month, the Swedish and Danish governments said at least two explosions occurred underwater, damaging pipes and leading to fuel leaks in the Baltic Sea.
The magnitude of those explosions measured 2. 3 and 2. 1 on the Richter scale, respectively, they said, and most likely corresponded to an explosive rate of “several hundred kilograms. “
Two of the leaks occurred in Denmark’s economic zone and two in Sweden’s economic zone.
Climate scientists have described the photographs of fuel dumped on the surface of the Baltic Sea as a “reckless release” of greenhouse fuel emissions that, if deliberate, “amounts to an environmental crime. “
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