The Pentagon comments on the “Nord Stream incident”… and the identity of the officials

Hawaii: "In terms of the attack – or damage to the pipeline, I think there is a lot of speculation at this point. But quite frankly, no one will be able to say for sure what happened until a full investigation is conducted".

Austin explained that he discussed the matter with his Danish counterpart, and spoke, saying: "He told me that it would take several days before he could get the right team ready to inspect the sites and try to find out what really happened in the best possible way.".

Austin continued: "Until we have more information or are able to perform further analysis, we cannot speculate who is responsible (for damage to the pipeline)".

what happened?

  • On September 26, successive accidents occurred near two export pipelines Russian gas to me Europeresulting in two gas leaks per "North Stream -1" and another in "North Stream – 2" near the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • On the same day, the Bornholm seismograph recorded an earthquake at two o’clock in the morning and another tremor at seven in the evening. Seismologists have also recorded Sweden Powerful explosions under the sea before gas leaking.
  • On September 27, he said danish army He has photographs indicating the appearance of circles ranging in diameter from 200 to 1,000 meters on the surface of the Baltic Sea after the explosions.
  • On September 28, it announced Swedish and Danish authoritiesthat it is not yet known the cause of the gas leak, which was released in two locations of the pipeline "Nord Stream 1".
  • On September 29, Sweden announced the discovery of a fourth gas leak from the pipeline. Company said "Nord Stream A. J." The gas leakage from Nord Stream 1 is expected to stop by Monday.

mutual accusations

  • Over the past days, the West and Russia exchanged accusations about being behind the sabotage work of the gas pipelines between Russia and Europe.
  • Kyiv accused Moscow of carrying out a sabotage operation aimed at stopping gas supplies to Europe, describing the incident as"terrorist attack" planned.
  • The Kremlin accused foreign countries, which it did not name, and its spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that "The involvement of a foreign country is suspected in the gas leak from 4 sites of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines".
  • The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said: "It has not yet been determined who is responsible for the vandalism, but it is very clear who is behind the incident".
  • The Russian security services announced that the Public Prosecutor’s Office had opened an investigation into the sabotage of the gas pipeline, stressing that Russia had suffered great economic damage as a result of the accident.

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He added at a press conference in Hawaii: “In terms of the attack – or the damage to the pipeline, I think there is a lot of speculation at this point. But quite frankly no one will be able to say for sure what happened until there is a full investigation.”

Austin explained that he had discussed the matter with his Danish counterpart, and he spoke, saying, “He mentioned to me that it would take several days before he could prepare the appropriate team to inspect the sites and try to find out the truth of what happened in the best possible way.”

“Until we have more information or can do further analysis, we won’t be able to speculate who is responsible (for the damage to the pipeline),” Austin said.

what happened?

  • On September 26, successive accidents occurred near two export pipelines Russian gas to me EuropeWhich resulted in two gas leaks, one in “North Stream-1” and another in “North Stream-2” near the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • On the same day, the Bornholm seismograph recorded an earthquake at two o’clock in the morning and another tremor at seven in the evening. Seismologists have also recorded Sweden Powerful explosions under the sea before gas leaking.
  • On September 27, he said danish army He has photographs indicating the appearance of circles ranging in diameter from 200 to 1,000 meters on the surface of the Baltic Sea after the explosions.
  • On September 28, it announced Swedish and Danish authoritiesthat it is not yet known the cause of the gas leak, which was released in two locations of the pipeline.Nord Stream 1“.
  • On September 29, Sweden announced the discovery of a fourth gas leak from the pipeline. Nord Stream AG said. The gas leakage from Nord Stream 1 is expected to stop by Monday.

mutual accusations

  • Over the past days, the West and Russia exchanged accusations about being behind the sabotage work of the gas pipelines between Russia and Europe.
  • Kyiv accused Moscow of carrying out a sabotage operation aimed at stopping gas supplies to Europe, describing the incident as a planned “terrorist attack”.
  • The Kremlin accused unnamed foreign countries, and its spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that he “suspected the involvement of a foreign country in the gas leakage from 4 sites in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.”
  • The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said that “it has not yet been determined who is responsible for the sabotage, but it is very clear who is behind the incident.”
  • The Russian security services announced that the Public Prosecutor’s Office had opened an investigation into the sabotage of the gas pipeline, stressing that Russia had suffered great economic damage as a result of the accident.

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