Concern arose last month when British security services gained access to satellite imagery that showed Russia's clear interest in the pipeline section.
After that, the government decided to send "a security team to the small island to ensure the supply of fuel day and night."
However, a source in Whitehall said the security measures were "long overdue" and were prompted by "information that indicated some foreign power had shown interest in the pipeline."
Currently, the island with an area of 88 sq.
km is the British-American Center for Electronic Intelligence, as well as a NASA telescope used to track orbital debris that can pose a danger to spacecraft, the newspaper writes.
In October, the Daily Mail reported that the British authorities had ordered an urgent survey of submarine cables and pipelines, fearing that they could allegedly be “mined” by Russia.
At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense at the end of October stated that representatives of the British Navy took part in the planning and implementation of the terrorist attack in the Baltic Sea on September 26 to undermine the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
After that, information appeared that former British Prime Minister Liz Truss could send a message to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken after the Nord Stream terrorist attack with the text "everything is done."