“We want the project to be stopped ... The time has come for action,” he said.

According to the publication's interlocutor, the United States continues to insist that their European partners take measures to ensure their own energy security and guarantee "uninterrupted gas supplies through Ukraine."

Earlier, the US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, in his letters to German companies, expressed the opinion that the Nord Stream 2 project is not in the interests of the EU in the field of security and allegedly increases the likelihood of “Russian intervention”.

At the same time, the diplomat advised business structures of the Federal Republic of Germany to assess the current situation, as they risk to fall under US sanctions.