- Mysterious collapse of pressure in the Nord Stream gas pipeline causes three leaks in waters of Denmark and Sweden.

Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov.

Suspicions of possible sabotage in the Nord Stream, according to the Kremlin and a German newspaper

The Kremlin has been shown this Tuesday "very alarmed" by the damages that three pipes of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines have suffered simultaneously and did not rule out "any version" about the causes of what happened.

"No version can be ruled out," said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily telephone press conference when asked if it was sabotage.

Russian-owned Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have leaked fuel into the Baltic Sea in recent hours. Denmark has issued the energy emergency and the Swedish maritime authority has also issued a warning for up to three leaks: two from Nord Stream 1 and one previously detected in the Nord Stream 2 project. Germany asks for clarification of the reasons for these leaks.

Peskov added that for now it is "clear" that the facilities have suffered damage, but its cause is unknown. "Until we have the results of the investigation, we cannot rule anything out," he said.

A targeted attack

In addition, information from security circles in Germany maintains that many indications point to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines being deliberately damaged in an act of sabotage, according to the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

According to the publication, the chronological sequence of the defects detected in the gas pipelines is the main reason for this assumption. "Our imagination can no longer conceive of a scenario that is not a targeted attack," an anonymous source from government circles and federal authorities is quoted as saying by the newspaper. According to this source, "everything speaks against a coincidence."

Meanwhile, the Greens' foreign policy expert, Jürgen Trittin, assumes that the sudden gas leak detected in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not accidental. Speaking to the morning program of the n-tv chain, he pointed out that this gas pipeline is "relatively new and is built with solid and good German steel."

If a pipe of this type has a sudden leak, "then there must have been a violent disturbance of this gas pipeline," he said, although he added that now it is necessary to investigate whether in this case, it is due to an attack.

An attack? From what authors?

According to Tagesspiegel, two possibilities are being considered regarding the authorship of the alleged attacks against both gas pipelines. On the one hand, it could be the work of Ukrainian forces or forces related to Ukraine, or it could be a "false flag" operation by Russia to create more uncertainty and possibly drive up the price of gas again, the publication notes.

On Monday, the German government confirmed several hours apart a significant drop in pressure, first in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and later also in Nord Stream 1. Nord Stream 2 is finished and filled, but has never been used to import Russian gas, as Berlin suspended the certification process in response to Moscow's recognition of Ukraine's self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics last February, shortly before the invasion of Ukraine.

For its part, the European Commission (EC) said Tuesday that it has been informed of the three leaks detected in the Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 but avoided "speculating" on possible sabotage by not yet having "elements" that allow knowing the reason for the problems. "We are not going to speculate on whether it is sabotage or not. We do not have information on the elements to determine the reason for the leaks," said the chief spokesman for the Community Executive, Eric Mamer, at a press conference.

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