Sweden revealed the fourth gas leak from the Nord Stream gas pipelines TVNOVINY.sk – TVNOVINY.sk

The Swedish Coast Guard announced on Thursday that another natural gas leak had been detected on submarine gas pipelines leading from Russia to Europe, AFP reported. “There are two leaks on the Swedish side and two on the Danish side as well,” a Swedish coast guard official said after three leaks on Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were confirmed earlier this week. 00:38 Gas leaks from Nord Stream caused explosions. The Germans mention two main suspects The official added that the two locations of natural gas leaks on the Swedish side are “close to each other”. Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 submarine gas pipelines were supposed to flow natural gas from Russia to Germany: however, they were not in operation before the incident – ​​Nord Stream 1 was shut down by Russia at the end of August, and the second one was not even put into operation due to the war in Ukraine. An act of sabotage. This is how Ursula von der Leyen described the gas leaks. At the beginning of the week, gas pipelines were leaking at three places, which are laid on the bottom of the Baltic Sea at a depth of about 80 meters. The leaks caused a large explosion. Although the gas pipelines did not work, there is pressurized gas in them, which is still leaking. According to Denmark, it will take at least a week to stop the leak. Authorities in Sweden, Denmark and Germany began investigating the incidents. Russia joined them on Wednesday. Several countries talk about sabotage in connection with gas leaks. Nord Stream gas pipelines have become the focus of geopolitical tensions in recent months as Russia cut off supplies to Europe. See the archive report from Televízne noviny from September 27: