According to Wired, citing data from the monitoring and analytical company SpaceKnow, ships ranging in length from 95 to 130 meters passed at a distance of several kilometers from the explosion sites a few days before the emergency.

It is specified that out of 25 ships that passed in the waters of Nord Stream shortly before the incidents, two were with transponders turned off, which made it difficult to trace their route, point of departure and destination.

A NATO official, who did not have permission to comment publicly, confirmed to Wired that the alliance had obtained the SpaceKnow data and said the satellite imagery could be useful for the investigation.

On November 1, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia had begun to study the causes of the explosions at Nord Stream.

Prior to this, the founder of Megaupload and Mega file hosting, Kim Schmitz, wrote on Twitter that former British Prime Minister Liz Truss allegedly could send a message to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken after the emergency at Nord Stream with the text It's done ("It's over with him").

The Russian Defense Ministry claims that representatives of the British Navy took part in the planning and implementation of a terrorist attack in the Baltic Sea on September 26 to undermine gas pipelines.