[モスクワ ２日 ロイター] – The Swiss company operating the “Nord Stream 1” submarine pipeline which will send Russian natural gas to Europe announced on the 2nd that, following the initial investigation into the pipeline’s damaged spot in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone, a technology has been announced man-made that significant damage caused by
“Preliminary findings from the damage site investigation confirmed a 3 to 5 meter deep crater created by the man-made technology,” said the operating company. The craters were about 248 meters apart and the pipeline between them was broken, with fragments of the pipeline scattered over a radius of at least 250 meters.
Sweden and Denmark concluded that the gas leaks on Nord Stream 1 and 2 were caused by explosions, but did not disclose who was behind it. Meanwhile, on October 29, the Russian Defense Ministry said British Navy personnel had blown up Nord Stream 1 and 2.
