{"id":1701156,"date":"2022-10-18T12:32:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701156"},"modified":"2022-10-18T12:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:32:51","slug":"danish-police-reveal-cause-of-nord-stream-pipeline-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/danish-police-reveal-cause-of-nord-stream-pipeline-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Police Reveal Cause Of Nord Stream Pipeline Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdanish-police-reveal-cause-of-nord-stream-pipeline-damage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701156&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/denmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denmark<\/a> revealed on Tuesday that \u201cpowerful explosions\u201d caused damage last month to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nord-stream-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nord Stream<\/a> pipeline system.<\/p>\n<p>The pipelines, which carried <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/oil-and-gas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural gas<\/a> under the Baltic Sea from <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany<\/a>, have been the center of geopolitical strife since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine-russia-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invasion of Ukraine<\/a>. Russia nixed shipments through Nord Stream 1 several weeks ago, while Germany blocked the adjacent Nord Stream 2 from beginning shipments days before the war started. Sweden and Denmark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nord-stream-pipelines-see-unprecedented-damage-after-cia-warned-german-government-of-sabotage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> damage to the pipelines on September 26 as the system operator confirmed that the destruction was \u201cunprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Police Intelligence Service released a <a href=\"https:\/\/politi.dk\/koebenhavns-politi\/nyhedsliste\/pet-og-k%C3%B8benhavns-politi-neds%C3%A6tter-f%C3%A6lles-efterforskningsgruppe-i-sagen-om-gasl%C3%A6kager-i-%C3%B8sters%C3%B8en\/2022\/10\/18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> announcing that preliminary investigations of the \u201ccrime scenes\u201d confirm \u201cextensive damage\u201d to the pipelines caused by \u201cpowerful explosions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denmark suggested that cooperation with the United Nations\u2019 International Court of Justice, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, could be on the table as other countries carry out their own investigations. Swedish authorities said that evidence \u201chas strengthened the suspicions of gross sabotage,\u201d while the \u201ccontinued preliminary investigation must show whether someone can be served with suspicion and later prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Footage shot by a Norwegian robotics company and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/nyheter\/forsta-bilderna-fran-sprangda-gasroret-pa-ostersjons-botten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> this week by the Swedish newspaper Expressen showed a massive tear in Nord Stream 1, with parts of the pipeline lodged in the seabed and over 50 meters of the system missing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451870\" class=\"wp-image-451870 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616290-982x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"982\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616290-982x576.jpg 982w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616290-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616290-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616290-1536x901.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616290.jpg 2032w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-451870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gas leak causes bubbles on the surface of the water at Sea in Sweden on September 30 (Swedish Coast Guard Handout\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the European Commission announced <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_22_6238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details<\/a> of a proposal meant to increase security for infrastructure in the European Union. Ministers are encouraged to conduct stress tests on entities operating critical infrastructure while authorities in Brussels assume a \u201cstronger support and coordination role\u201d among member states and allies.<\/p>\n<p>While some European ministers said Russia may have destroyed its own pipelines to increase gas prices, others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tucker-carlson-fuels-suspicion-u-s-behind-nord-stream-sabotage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed<\/a> the United States for the damage, which caused natural gas to spew toward the surface of the Baltic Sea. Disabling the pipelines would remove the possibility of Germany caving to Russia and ending sanctions in time to import energy for the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of President Joe Biden threatening to oppose the Nord Stream 2 pipeline days before the beginning of the war <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Partisangirl\/status\/1574685985115607040?s=20&#038;t=exDoFSWQyGXDG_Cpl8TgOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resurfaced<\/a> on social media after the pipelines suffered damage. The commander-in-chief had initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-sanctions-russian-owned-company-behind-nord-stream-2-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waived<\/a> sanctions against the Russian-owned company behind Nord Stream 2, although he reimposed sanctions shortly before the conflict began.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451871\" class=\"wp-image-451871 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616157-982x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"982\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616157-982x576.jpg 982w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616157-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616157-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616157-1536x901.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243616157.jpg 2032w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-451871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A fourth leak was reported on September 30 in the Nord Stream gas pipelines off the coast of Sweden (Swedish Coast Guard Handout\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it,\u201d Biden said earlier this year. After a reporter pressed him, Biden responded: \u201cI promise you, we will be able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline system threatens to worsen the energy supply crisis facing much of Europe. Natural gas shipments from Russia, which had already paused exports through Nord Stream 1 before the pipeline suffered damage, accounted for 40% of the European natural gas supply last year, a rate that had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/european-union-social-market-economy-might-redistribute-fossil-fuel-profits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped<\/a> to 9% as of last month. Germany, the continent\u2019s largest economy, has seen dependence on Russian natural gas decrease from 55% to 35%.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union is currently weighing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/european-union-questions-russian-oil-price-cap-considers-making-fossil-fuel-companies-pay-a-solidarity-contribution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">various measures<\/a>, such as consumption limits, to help member states triage their power supplies through the winter. Several nations, including France and Spain, have already called for residents to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/french-president-calls-for-10-cut-in-energy-use-will-ration-power-as-a-last-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reduce<\/a> power consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Denmark revealed on Tuesday that \u201cpowerful explosions\u201d caused damage last month to the Nord Stream pipeline system. The pipelines, which carried natural gas under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, have been the center of geopolitical strife since the invasion of Ukraine. Russia nixed shipments through Nord Stream 1 several weeks ago, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}