Anders Puck Nielsen, a researcher with the Center for Maritime Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College, said the timing of the leaks was “conspicuous” given the ceremony for the …
By Monika Scislowska, Jan M. Olsen and David Keyton | Associated Press
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the events “an act of sabotage,” while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she could not rule it out. They and Polish President Andrzej Duda symbolically opened a valve of a yellow pipe belonging to the Baltic Pipe, a new system that will bring Norway’s gas across Denmark and the Baltic Sea to Poland.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that American officials have not confirmed sabotage or an attack. They noted that undersea pipelines are designed in a way that they are not accidentally damaged and leaks are rare.
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