German prosecutors announced an arrest over the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that transported Russian gas to Europe. The suspect is a Ukrainian national detained in Italy. Danish authorities detected a series of underwater explosions on September 26, 2022, near the Nord Stream equipment. The sabotage and consequent gas leaks rendered three pipelines inoperable. The pipelines were filled with gas but not operating at the time of the attack because they had been idled under early sanctions against the Russian government. Nord Stream 1 and 2 were among 23 pipelines that supplied Russian gas to Europe before the invasion of Ukraine.
German prosecutors announced on Thursday that an arrest had been made over a 2022 attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that brought Russian gas to Europe. The suspect, a Ukrainian national, was detained in Italy, they said. What happened to the pipelines? Danish authorities detected a series of underwater explosions on September 26, 2022, near the Nord Stream equipment.
The sabotage and consequent gas leaks rendered 3 pipelines inoperable. Controversial even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they became even more so after Moscow's war of aggression began in February 2022. As a result, the pipelines were filled with gas but not running at the time of the attack as part of some of the first sanctions against the Russian government. Nord Stream 1 and 2 were just some of the 23 pipelines that brought Russian gas to Europe before the invasion.
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