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The explosions at Nord Stream 1 have torn a huge hole in the pipeline, according to the Swedish tabloid Expressen. Underwater photos, which the newspaper claims to have taken of the damage, show that a section of a gas pipeline of at least 50 meters long is missing at a depth of 80 meters. According to a Danish expert, an explosion must be huge to cause such devastation.

The metal was severely distorted in some places on the line, while there were sharp edges and cracks in others, Expressen wrote Tuesday. The images also show long grooves in the seabed. “Only extreme force can bend metal that thick,” said Trond Larsen of Blueeye Robotics, who piloted the underwater camera for the paper.

“If it’s the line that was on the seabed, it looks like it was lifted by the explosion,” military analyst Jens Wenzel Kristoffersen said in Tuesday’s footage on Danish television. He further explained:

According to previous information from Denmark and Sweden, seismologists had measured 2.3 and 2.1 magnitude quakes at the leaks, which probably corresponds to an explosive charge of several hundred kilograms.

Denmark is also doing research

The Swedish authorities have already investigated the two damaged Nord Stream lines in the Swedish economic zone and gathered evidence. The Danish authorities are also investigating because two of the leaks are located near the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm in the Danish economic zone.

In Denmark, police confirmed on Tuesday that, according to their investigation, the damage to the Nord Stream lines in the Danish economic zone was caused by such “powerful explosions”. Together with the Danish domestic intelligence and security service PET, the Copenhagen police now want to form an investigation team for further investigation.

“It is too early to say anything about the framework within which international cooperation with, among others, Sweden and Germany will take place,” the statement said. A spokeswoman for the federal interior ministry said in Berlin on Monday that there would be no joint investigation team to investigate the explosions on the pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Findings would still be shared internationally.

In late September, four leaks were discovered in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines after explosions near the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. Both pipes were not operational at the time, but contained gas that leaked for days. The EU and NATO assume sabotage.

European Commission wants to protect infrastructure

Particularly important infrastructure such as gas pipelines or traffic routes must be better protected according to the will of the European Commission. “Given the rapidly evolving threats – the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the sabotage of Nord Stream and the German rail network – it is clear that we need to accelerate our work to protect our infrastructure,” said EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson in Strasbourg. . on Tuesday. Her office presented recommendations to EU countries highlighting the areas of energy, digital infrastructure, transport and space.

The European Commission has announced that the protection of cross-border infrastructure and services that would affect several EU countries is particularly important. It is in the interest of all countries to identify and protect these areas together. In addition, EU countries are required to carry out stress tests of critical infrastructure on the basis of common standards. Closer cooperation is also required, for example with neighboring countries and NATO. The EU Commission should play a stronger role than before in coordinating all of this, according to the authority’s non-binding recommendations, which EU states are now dealing with.

Von der Leyen wants to present the proposal at the end of this week at the EU summit of heads of state and government in Brussels. The background is, among other things, the alleged sabotage of the gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 at the end of September. Von der Leyen had already presented a five-point plan at the time, including stress tests, international cooperation and better information exchange. Your authority is now urging EU countries to implement projects that have already been decided to protect critical infrastructure and combat cybersecurity threats as quickly as possible. (saw/sda/dpa)