'Powerful explosions' triggered major gas leak on Russian pipelines, Danish police say

A preliminary probe into state leaks from 2 underwater pipelines connecting Russia to Germany recovered "powerful explosions" caused the damage, Copenhagen Police said Tuesday.

The findings appeared to beryllium akin to a transgression country probe carried retired by Sweden's nationalist information work earlier this month, which reinforced suspicions of "gross sabotage."

A flurry of detonations connected the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines connected Sept. 26 sent state spewing to the aboveground of the Baltic Sea. The explosions triggered 4 state leaks astatine 4 locations — 2 successful Denmark's exclusive economical portion and 2 successful Sweden's exclusive economical zone.

Danish constabulary said a associated group, including The Norwegian Police Intelligence Service, would beryllium acceptable up to grip further investigations of the incidents.

"It is inactive excessively aboriginal to accidental thing astir the model nether which the planetary practice with e.g. Sweden and Germany volition run, arsenic it depends connected respective actors, including which authorities grip the lawsuit successful the assorted countries," the connection said Tuesday.

Danish constabulary said it was not imaginable to accidental erstwhile the probe was apt to beryllium completed.

Many successful Europe fishy the Nord Stream state leaks were the effect of an attack, peculiarly arsenic it occurred during a bitter vigor standoff betwixt the European Union and Russia.

The Kremlin has repeatedly dismissed claims it destroyed the pipelines, calling specified allegations "stupid" and "absurd," and claiming that it is the U.S. that had the astir to summation from the state leaks.

The White House has denied immoderate engagement successful the suspected attack.