▲ Gas leaking from the Nordstream-2 submarine gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe on the 27th (local time)
German security authorities believe that three of the four Nordstream-1 and Northstream-2 subsea gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany are permanently damaged, Tagesspigel said.
If they aren't repaired quickly, the Germans predict that the pipeline will be corroded by flooding with seawater.
While the German government has formed a crisis response committee and is discussing a response plan, the federal police has strengthened surveillance of its territorial waters.
The state of certain routes near critical infrastructure has been strengthened.
In addition, the protection of the coastal areas of the North Sea and East Sea will be strengthened.
The safety of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and underwater communication cables currently under construction are also of concern.
Like the European Union (EU) Commission, German security authorities and foreign intelligence agencies, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), believe that the gas leaks in Northstream-1 and Northstream-2 on the 27th are most likely due to sabotage. .
Given the complexity of the attack, experts and government officials assume that the subject of the action is a state agency.
The presumed direction is Russia, but the motive is unclear.
One hypothesis is that divers placed explosives in two Northstream-1 and one Northstream-2 gas pipelines.
The reason for the detonation theory at the target point is that there were a lot of gas leaks and the pressure was dropping quickly.
In addition, this hypothesis is supported by the distinctly large distances between the three points where the gas leak occurred.
The gas leak was so large that it was causing seawater to get into the gas pipe, Tagesspigel pointed out.
(Photo=Provided by the Danish Defense Command, AFP, Yonhap News)