President Putin unilaterally accused the West of sabotaging the gas leak in the undersea pipeline connecting Russia and Germany, while US President Biden countered that Russia was spreading lies. It has been reciprocated.

In late September, gas leaks were confirmed one after another from the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea.



In his speech on September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin unilaterally denounced this as sabotage by the West, stating, "For the Anglo-Saxon people, sanctions alone are not enough. They have moved to sabotage." did.



In response, President Biden of the United States made a speech at the White House on the 30th, saying that the gas leak was ``a deliberate sabotage,'' and said, ``Russia is spreading lies. We must not listen to them.”



Nord Stream is an important energy infrastructure for European countries, including Germany, a member of NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and President Biden plans to dispatch divers to the site when the situation calms down to investigate the cause showed.



President Biden has repeatedly said, ``We will not yield an inch of NATO territory, and we will protect it.''



NATO has also taken a firm stance against any intentional attack on the critical infrastructure of a member country, and international attention is focused on the cause of the gas leak.