Gas leaks from Nord Stream, the German press: "The pipes may be unusable forever"

While the price of gas on the international market in Amsterdam, where the price is contracted, marks an

, making it settle just above 200 euros, the rebound of accusations between the European Union, Russia, the United States and NATO continues on the suspects underwater gas leaks in the Baltic Sea from the pipelines of the two Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. According to the German security services, in the meantime, there is the risk of having to face a worrying scenario:

.

The

newspaper writes and cites government sources, stating that "if they are not repaired immediately, the salt water can corrode the material they are made of".

But it is another German newspaper,

, to launch precise

, one of the main suspects in the alleged sabotage.

In particular, the sabotage unit of the

is cited , stationed in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, near the city of Primorsk, directly on the Baltic coast.

This unit would be “

”, also

with “

”.

According to "NATO circles", cited by

, such raiders would have been able to carry out a sabotage operation on the Nord Stream.

The thesis, then, would be confirmed by the fact that the Crane is responsible for monitoring the pipeline, which has always been within its competence.

The attack, carried out with advanced technologies, would have left both Gazprom and the Moscow services in the dark.

For the security of Nord Stream, in fact, one would rely on “microphones, sensors and cameras, with 24-hour monitoring, both inside and outside” of the pipes, all of which are managed by the Gru.

Russia's response was not long in coming: in addition to making it known that it intended to

, the press close to the Kremlin responded by accusing NATO of having valid specialists capable of carrying out these actions of sabotage.

, a Russian newspaper part of the press accredited to the Kremlin

, pointed the finger at the Atlantic Alliance .

But voices from the European Commission and the White House were also heard.

"

and will find a robust and united response", commented the vice president of the Commission, Valdis Dombrovski, specifying that there are valid elements to speak of "

" against the gas pipelines.

From Washington, on the other hand, it is defined as

for the accidents at Nord Stream: a senior executive in the Biden administration said so.