Russia’s President Putin has called the leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines ‘an act of international terrorism’. On Thursday, Sweden confirmed a fourth rupture in the undersea pipelines which carry Russian natural gas to the EU.
NATO says the incidents were an act of deliberate sabotage. The Kremlin denies responsibility.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from the Danish island of Bornholm.
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The US closing the doors for any European leaders who want to help their people through the winter
Putin is dragging Russia into his grave with him.
Here we go
880 million destroyed by it's owner only a fool will believe that 😅. Oh and the winter is coming 😐
What utter cowards European governments are! They know it was the Americans who blew the pipeline up, but they are so cowed as to pretend it was Russia! American president Biden said he would do this years ago….
uncle sam did it, this was the plan all along was to force germany to buy american gas at a much higher rate, now germany doesn't even have a choice.
all russia needs to do is turn off a valve…america blames russia to keep the war going as wars make money…in the words of the song..the suits turn their proffits as the mayhem unfurls..in nearly every conflict in the world america is lurking in the background stirring the pot
History will show American blew up the pipelines.
The only reason it could be Russia, is because every decision Putin has made, has been the wrong decision so far.
If Russia came that close to EU countries, inside their territorial waters, with all those US warships present, and remained undetected, then they have already won this conflict, and any other that follows.
If this is not possible, according to US intel, then it wasn't Russia, meaning it was us..
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A US zone in European waters? Whut? Oh well, keep repeating a lie.
Why so shy to said US is the one that sabotage the pipelines.
Anyone with half a brain can deduce who is behind this.
The moment you realise al jazeera and cnn having same master 😂
There's an ancient proverb saying that "Chor machaye shor" meaning the thief makes a lot of noise about theft to distract attention.
I wouldn't be surprised if either denmark or sweden would have done it (possibly on usa instructions). Bcoz you need professional divers or an unmanned undetectable submarines to conduct heavily guarded waters from the countries themselves.
Russia wouldn't risk going to international waters all the way far. If they get caught in the act It would invite huge outrage and would have to try before international court
Denmark and sweden are the closest to the spot of leakage.
If you listen to the statements of EU president and other EU leaders, they all repeat the word sabotage, express anger, they seem to know who it is, but do not have the guts to reveal it. If it were russia they would have blamed them even before blinking an eye.
Ukraine can have a possible hand in it but again its far away from them and its a risky operation to be caught red handed stabbing your friends in the back.
That opens only one option: Uncle sam.
Uncle sam has been quite for very long and is playing neutral. I am wondering why they have not already jumped to blame russia for it. And as someone rightly pointed in the comments Sleepy joe warned to choke NS 1 & 2 someday in someway. They have a lot to gain. Europe's russian dependence is cut off finally. Europe buys oil and gas from uncle sam. On power shortage european industries are shifting their factories to uncle sam. Its a golden opportunity to break the european currency prowess to further dollar dominance. Just read about uncle Sam's currency wars across the world
Anyone who does not know the US was behind this is too dumb to be breathing.
Have the Americans and Allies considered the consequences of this sabotage, it greatly affects the climate change, as well as poison nearby countries where the gas leak. It a terror act against humankind. This so call righteous democratic countries are Terrorists. In the long run people are going to suffer from the leakage.
NATO controls Baltic Sea…Both pipes run through Baltic Sea.
NATO=USA, USA is behind the sabotage.
How can Russia damaged infrastructure in NATO a controlled zone ? Baltic Sea is a NATO zone!!
Can’t say the Americans didn’t warn Russia before crossing into Ukraine.
WE ALL KNOW IT WAS THE AMERICANS AND THE BRIT THAT BLEW UP THE PIPE LINES BECAUSE THEY SAW GERMANY WAS GOING TO FOLD ANY MOMENT BUT RUSSIA IS EUROPE AND GERMANY IS EUROPE AND WHEN EUROPE COMES TO THEIR SENCES THAT AMERICA IS PLAYING A DEVIDE AND RULE GAME GERMANY AND RUSSIA BOND WILL BE CLOSTER AND AMERICA WONT HAVE ANY ANGLE TO HOLD ON TO THE WORLD IS SLOWLY SEEING AMERICA FOR WHAT IT IS AND ITS VERY SAD WHAT AMERICA REALY IS AMERICA IS A SAFE HEAVEN FOR THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ENEMY AND MAN KIND BIGGEST THREAT
Did they sabotage a pipeline because continuing to go green is all that matters? Don't they understand that bringing the whole world to a risk of a nuclear holocaust might cause a teensy-weensy bit more damage?
I don't care who did it, it's a good thing, since some germans are on the side of putin. Don't do business with the devil next time.
The same way Americans blowed two buildings in New York!! This is their ,,democratic,, method..until RUSSIA will sent their whole continent under water!!
Russia is leveraging Nord pipeline as they use it to control EU. Blowing it up is not in their greatest interest
Who loses the most
Suppose a husband and wife argue and the husband castrates himself to win his point. Doesn’t make sense.
So what Nato is saying is that the Russian Navy is so good that they can remain undetected while carrying out a attack right under the noses of Nato…. why is this not a bigger story, oh yer cause they cant.
If Russia sabotaged the NORD anybody involved is probably deceased
Europeans depends on US for defense, and now energy. It does their governments no good to hold US accountable.
US is the culprit.
America 👶🏿NATO 👿 real enemies of Russian gas line supply 🤮🤮🤮🤮 Russia built it by many years , money & plans✊✊✊ if they don’t want to supply, they can close their valves 👌👌👌 so , they dont✊✊✊ another side Europe gas customers needs badly cheap gas ⛽️ they also won’t do ✊✊✊ why American helicopters flew Russian gas pipelines??? There’s no authority for them 👎👎👎 it’s only Russian’s authority ✊✊✊ finally, 100% damages by enemies of gas pipelines are USA👿NATO👿 EU💄🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
ruzzia need lessons in geography…just like all the African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries that support Ukraine or not part of the west…lmao
It will be interesting to see which way explosions came from, inside the pipe or outside. If the explosions were from the inside then it's hard for Russia to explain away.
This was already shut down with 0 chance of reopening. It is a perfect chance for Russia to blame the US to try and make the public think it was them. The US had 0 reason to do this. Russia on the other hand had every reason. Period
The only beneficiary of this sabotage is the USA. Russia has lost the lever of threatening to cut off gas. It could turn gas on and off as it chose. As winter progressed, particularly if it was cold, Germany would come under public pressure to compromise with Russia. Loosing this important tool at this stage is very much against Russia’s own interests. In fact just 2 weeks ago at peace talks Russia proposed turning on the gas in return for sanctions being dropped. Now someone, almost certainly the USA, has made sure that cannot happen.
For the US it is a clear win. No more income going to Russia. No more possibility of Russia blackmailing Germany. Does no harm that they can now also make some money selling LNG. It has been said before: being a friend of the US is worse than being its enemy.
These European countries made a fool of themselves by leaking it in their own territories 😂😂
If USA Did it then they have committed a terrorist act . whoever did it is guilty of terrorism
‘Cui bono’? Not Russia
Russia already knows the EU will no longer purchase gas from Nord Streams 1 & 2, so why not try a false flag operation to spur support in the homeland over the failure in the land grab in Ukraine.
The culprit is the U.S. it's well known they couldn't handle that EU was getting cheap gas, U.S. has no scropples they have no conscious, period…..
EU is ruled by unelected people, who identify as globalist. They lie, cheat and steal for their cause. Blaming Russia without any evidence demonstrates their bias.
Very true 👍
Usa is a Bully
Whoever made this disaster should pay for the crimes they have committed. Definitely this is a catastrophe in the ocean. This should be investigated immediately.
I am speaking from Bangladesh.
All the people of our country love Russia because Russia has played a big role in our country's freedom and the West calls our country a bottomless pair and supports Pakistan with gunpowder.
However, I told a short story about the reason for loving Russia.
But I personally love Putin because Putin is a sensible person.
Putin always speaks out against wrongdoers.
Now many people can say that Putin himself is doing wrong (fighting) but in fact the West is encouraging Putin to fight.
Because the West never wants war to stop in the world and always incites others to war.
For example, currently inciting Taiwan to go to war with China.
These westerners wear the mask of good people but they are the ones who keep calling for wars back and forth.
I saw the behavior of the West when Russia attacked Ukraine and the behavior of the West when Israel attacked Palestine.
We saw their different behavior in two places.
That's why we love Putin.
I want to tell the people of Russia that you also support Putin, surely Putin will do something good that will be good for your country.