The Swedish publication Expressen published the first photos of the damage to the Nord Stream 1 gas pipelines, having received the exclusive permission of the authorities to shoot. The shots were taken at a depth of 80 meters in the Baltic Sea.
The camera captured a crack in the seabed and a torn steel pipe:
“In order to damage such thick metal, a very large effort is required, as we see,” drone operator Trond Larsen was quoted as saying by the publication.
At the end of September, leaks were discovered on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. According to an investigation conducted by the police of several European countries, explosions became the cause of damage to gas pipelines.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia opened a criminal case on an act of international terrorism due to damage to the gas pipeline.
On October 18, the WSJ reported , citing officials familiar with the investigation, that German investigators considered the series of explosions to be sabotage.
German investigators have not been able to definitively link the alleged sabotage to any one participant, but some German officials say they are working on the assumption that Russia was behind the bombings.
