'We are pretty sure that the two events were blasts.'
the pipeline pair act as the main links for Russian natural gas between Europe and Germany — and by extension the rest of Western Europe — and have been at the center of the escalating Ukraine conflict, with Russian President Vladimir Putin appearing to use the pipelines and the much-needed energy they supplyEuropean authorities are currently investigating the leaks, theMateusz Morawiecki declared
without citing evidence that the pipelines were intentionally damaged. The president of Denmark and — curiously — Russia itself also said sabotage could be the root cause of the problem. The Swedish Maritime Administration announced earlier on Tuesday that it had found a total of three gas leaks in Danish and Swedish waters near a small Baltic island, thereports. The agency warned sailors to keep a distance of five nautical miles or more away from the Swedish island, and also cautioned cautioned pilots to keep at least 1,000 meters over the site of the leaks.
"We are pretty sure that the two events were blasts," Swedish National Seismic Network seismologist told theThough the pipelines were not running, gas prices rose five percent in the wake of the news, thenotes — another example of how, regardless of the cause, this is a huge deal in an already-catastrophic situation in Europe.
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