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Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why?

A series of unexplained incidents causing damage to pipelines and cables in the Baltic Sea has occurred in the past two years. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that the incident must be investigated, adding: “We have seen sabotage in the past, so we take it very seriously.” This is just the latest in a series of incidents …

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1 month ago

Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The damage of two undersea …

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1 month ago

Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables

Al Jazeera

European nations say Russia is increasingly deploying ‘hybrid activities’ against NATO and the EU but haven’t blamed Moscow yet for recent incidents. Germany says it assumes that damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea is an act of sabotage as European nations condemn the alleged Russian attacks on their “security architecture”. While Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans …

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1 month ago

Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea

Associated Press

HELSINKI — German and Finland expressed deep concern over the discovery Monday of a severed undersea data cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea, saying it raised suspicions of sabotage and that an investigation was underway. The Finnish state-controlled data services provider Cinia said the severed data cable was detected Monday in the C-Lion1 cable that runs nearly 1.200 …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Ukrainian military officers came up with idea of blowing up Nord Stream pipeline 'during night of heavy boozing', ignored Zelensky's pleas not to go ahead, and set off blast that 'qualifies as attack

Daily Mail

Senior Ukrainian military officers hatched the daring plan to blow up Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines during 'a night of heavy boozing', an investigation has claimed. Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows a disturbance of well over one kilometre in diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, September 27, 2022 A …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Focus on Russia as Sweden completes NATO presence along the Baltic shore

The Hindu

Sweden's accession to NATO adds a final puzzle piece to the alliance around the shores of the strategically important Baltic Sea — but Russia still poses a threat above and below water. But analysts warn that while Sweden's entry makes it easier for NATO to exert control and reinforce its vulnerable Baltic states, Russia can still menace the region from …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Large methane gas leak in Baltic Sea discovered

Al Jazeera

A major methane gas leak is flowing from unusual depths of the Baltic Sea, Sweden research expedition finds. Researchers in Sweden have discovered that large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is leaking from unusual depths of the Baltic Sea seabed. “We know that methane gas can bubble up from shallow seabeds near the Baltic Sea coast, but I’ve …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Nordic news outlets: Russian yachts, cargo ships spy at sea

Associated Press

HELSINKI — Russia is suspected of spying in the waters of the Baltic Sea and North Sea using civilian fishing trawlers, cargo ships and yachts, the public broadcasters of four Nordic countries said in a joint investigation published Wednesday. Asked to comment on the Nordic allegations that Russia was preparing to sabotage energy infrastructure, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Russia demands UN investigation of Nord Stream explosions, saying it has no trust in Western nations

ABC

Russia has clashed with the United States and other Western nations over the Kremlin's call for a UN investigation of last September's sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Western Europe. Key points: The two pipelines were blown up in September, a month after Moscow shut off supply of gas to Germany An expert …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Traces of explosives found at Baltic Sea Nord Stream pipelines

ABC

Traces of explosives have been found at the Baltic Sea site where natural gas pipelines were damaged in an act of "gross sabotage", according to a Swedish prosecutor. Key points: Investigators have not yet said who they suspect is behind the leaks Last month, Danish officials said the damage was caused by "powerful explosions" Fingers have been pointed at Russia, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Danes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish officials on Tuesday confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and that the cause of the damage was “powerful explosions.” In a statement, the Copenhagen Police said it had carried out a number of preliminary investigations of what it called “the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Germany opens investigation of Baltic gas pipeline blasts

Associated Press

BERLIN — German prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Undersea explosions late last month ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which until Russia cut off supplies at the end of August was its main supply route to Germany. German federal prosecutors, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sweden’s domestic security agency said Thursday that its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea “has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage” as the cause and a prosecutor said evidence at the site has been seized. The Swedish Security Service said the probe confirmed that “detonations” caused extensive damage to the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN

Al Jazeera

At least two massive underwater blasts caused this week’s damage to the Baltic Sea gas pipelines and methane leaks. A huge plume of highly concentrated methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent but shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, was detected in an analysis this week of satellite imagery by researchers associated with the UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, or IMEO, the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Baltic gas pipelines

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of sabotaging Russia-built natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany, a charge vehemently denied by the United States and its allies. Speaking Friday in Moscow at a ceremony to annex four regions of Ukraine into Russia, Putin claimed that “Anglo-Saxons” in the West have turned from …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Putin accuses the West of sabotaging Baltic Sea pipelines

Hindustan Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of organising blasts that resulted in multiple gas leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. "By organising …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Methane blast in Baltic Sea highlights global problem

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Scientists have been measuring the scale of the massive methane leak from damaged pipelines in the Baltic Sea, with the latest figures equating the levels of gas escaping to the annual emissions of some whole countries. Climate scientists have found that methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are far worse than what companies are reporting, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Methane blast in Baltic sea highlights global problem

Hindustan Times

As serious as the methane escaping from ruptured pipelines on the floor of the Baltic Sea may be, there are alarming incidents of massive methane releases around the world frequently. Climate scientists have found that methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are far worse than what companies are reporting, despite claims by some major firms that they’ve reduced …

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2 years, 2 months ago

NATO believes Baltic Sea gas pipeline leaks were sabotage

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The NATO military alliance warned Thursday it would retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries and joined other Western officials in citing sabotage as the likely cause of damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. NATO ambassadors said in a statement that “any deliberate attack against allies’ critical …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Record methane leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Methane leaking from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines is likely to be the biggest burst of the potent greenhouse gas on record, by far. The Nord Stream pipeline leaks that were pumping huge volumes of methane into the Baltic Sea and atmosphere could discharge as much as five times as much of the potent greenhouse as was …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Denmark believes “deliberate actions” caused big leaks in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and seismologists said powerful explosions preceded the leaks. Denmark’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Sweden, Germany and Poland have been kept informed, and “we will inform and reach out to Russia in this case.” He said …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage

India Today

A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about possible sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline in Poland that will bring Norwegian gas to Europe in efforts to bolster energy independence from Moscow. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she “cannot rule out” sabotage …

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Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why?

Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea

Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables

Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea

Ukrainian military officers came up with idea of blowing up Nord Stream pipeline 'during night of heavy boozing', ignored Zelensky's pleas not to go ahead, and set off blast that 'qualifies as attack

Focus on Russia as Sweden completes NATO presence along the Baltic shore

Large methane gas leak in Baltic Sea discovered

Nordic news outlets: Russian yachts, cargo ships spy at sea

Russia demands UN investigation of Nord Stream explosions, saying it has no trust in Western nations

Traces of explosives found at Baltic Sea Nord Stream pipelines

Danes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines

Germany opens investigation of Baltic gas pipeline blasts

Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site

Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN

West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Baltic gas pipelines

Putin accuses the West of sabotaging Baltic Sea pipelines

Methane blast in Baltic Sea highlights global problem

Methane blast in Baltic sea highlights global problem

NATO believes Baltic Sea gas pipeline leaks were sabotage

Record methane leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines

Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely

Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage