In Germany, the northern streams were blown up by the Russians - WSJ

German investigators believe that an explosive of 500 kilograms in TNT equivalent was lowered to gas pipelines from the ship. The underwater drone showed a hole in the "north stream" with a diameter of 8 meters. A series of explosions at the Nord Stream and North Stream - 2 gas pipelines occurred through the sabotage held by Russia. About it writes the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal with reference to German investigators.

Law enforcement officers investigate the incident based on the assumption that the explosions are worth the Russian Federation. As a result of the blast, there were origins of 3 out of 4 sections of gas pipelines laid by the Baltic Sea bottom, the newspaper said. In Germany, the explosive device had delivered a military submarine, there was a relatively small depth of up to 70 meters. NATO's naval forces are closely monitored, sources said.

German officials as one of the versions call the descent of explosives from the ship and a remote blast. Due to the weather conditions and underwater trends, investigators did not attract divers. Police relied on marine underwater drones, ships and miners, equipped with hydrolockers and camcorders. With this equipment you can scan areas of damaged pipes, the newspaper said.

Photos of the consequences of the explosions, the studied e -messages and navigation magazines suggest that the explosion had a capacity of about 500 kg in TNT, investigators say. Moscow denies guilt and declares that explosions in pipelines were a terrorist attack against the interests of Russia. Some European officials have stated that the termination of gas supply from the Russian Federation was a response to sanctions due to its military invasion of Ukraine.

One of the two threads of the Nord Stream - 2 was not injured as a result of explosions. Russia will increase pressure on German politicians to launch the "north stream - 2", the Western representatives of the authorities are convinced. The Nord Stream and Nord Stream - 2 Pipelines pass through the waters of Germany, Sweden and Denmark. Three countries are investigating the incident. The Swedish and Danish authorities have not yet published the details of the investigation.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office of Germany has initiated a criminal case on terrorist attacks and diversions, the newspaper writes. In Sweden, the investigation is conducted by a counterintelligence service. Police and naval forces were involved in Denmark and Germany. Countries cooperate with each other and NATO partners. We will remind that earlier the German submarine drone "Bundesver" took pictures on the site of the gas leak at the pipeline "North Stream". The photo shows an 8-meter hole.

After the blasting on the Nord Streams, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the threats of the world energy and transport infrastructure. Moscow believes that the US is guilty of diversions in gas pipelines. Washington wants to force the EU to switch to imports of expensive liquefied fuel, the Kremlin said. Sweden denied Russian representatives to investigate explosions at the object. According to the authorities, the accident occurred in the exceptional economic zone of Sweden.