Two Nord Stream gas pipelines were damaged. What is known about it

A day has passed since it became known that gas flowed from two pipelines: Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2. But there was no more clarity on this situation.

Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod was one of the first to express his reaction.

In these critical hours, we call for close international cooperation. We are doing our best to collect information and assess the situation,” he wrote on his social networks.

State Department head Anthony Blinken also made a statement. According to him, the first reports suggest that it could be sabotage. But who benefits from it is unclear.

However, the German publication Der Spiegel reports that the CIA warned Germany a few weeks ago about possible pipeline sabotage. And to the Norwegian Oil Safety Authority, shortly before the Nord Stream incident, several energy companies complained that unidentified drones were flying over their facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The operator of Nord Stream, Nord Stream AG, reports that it is not easy to estimate the timing of the restoration of pipelines at the moment.

It is worth noting that after the gas leak from Nord Stream, its cost in Europe exceeded $2,000.