Sweden Confirms Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage | Dr EC Beuck
Investigator in Sweden has confirmed sabotage occurred at the site of the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines following the finding of traces of explosives at the sites in the Baltic Sea. This confirmation follows on the heels of a preliminary investigation by Denmark last month which stated that the leaks had been caused by explosions. Based on these new findings, the prosecutor’s office has said they indicate “gross sabotage”. Swedish authorities have also said that they are still trying to determine if it will be possible to identify those responsible for this sabotage.
Since the sabotage first occurred, there has been considerable finger-pointing as to who the ultimate culprit is. First and foremost has been Russia itself, with Senior Fellow for Security and Defense at the German Foundation Kristine Berzina stating that Russia “…can scare Europeans through sabotage. Because if they can blow up these pipelines at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, they can do it with the new pipeline as well.” That said, if Russia had committed this act of sabotage, they actively chose to lose some of their remaining leverage across the European Union.
The US also had the capacity to sabotage these pipelines, but some have questioned whether there was any real motivation for Ukraine’s staunchest ally to actually commit the deed. Russia has also pointed the finger at the British Navy, which Britain has denied any such action, saying it is a The Putin regime’s attempt to distract from its ongoing military failures in Ukraine. Despite the seriousness of Moscow’s accusations, Russia was actually unable to provide any evidence for this claim.
Russia, for its part, has said it will wait until a full damage assessment is completed before deciding whether or not to carry out repairs, according to the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Regardless of what Russia decides, it is likely that the countries of the European Union will continue to work for energy independence from Russia, given the degree to which the Putin regime has exploited these resources to achieve foreign policy goals in recent decades.