Concerns Arise Over Potential Sabotage to Nord Stream Pipelines After Unexplained Leaks

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks to the press about the three gas leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea at a doorstep in Copenhagen on Sept. 27, 2022. Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

Officials are voicing concerns that three mysterious leaks that hit the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines on the same day maybe due to sabotage.

Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, told reporters that sabotage could not be ruled out as the cause behind the unexplained gas leaks that hit Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines on Sept. 26.