BERLIN—Investigators found traces of undersea explosives in samples taken from a yacht that was searched as part of a probe into last year’s attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, European diplomats told the United Nations Security Council. The diplomats said the investigation has not yet established who sabotaged the pipelines,…

Ukrainian saboteurs have attacked Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring three people and causing significant material damage, the region’s governor claimed on May 22. Kyiv, for its part, denies complicity in the attack, attributing it instead to “violent resistance movements” opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. One of Russia’s westernmost regions, Belgorod shares a roughly 540-mile-long border…

A Moscow proposal to hold an international inquiry into last year’s destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, which had brought Russian natural gas to Northern Europe, failed to pass at the UN Security Council (UNSC). In a March 27 vote, only Russia, China, and Brazil voted in favor of the draft resolution, while the remaining…

Attacks on at least six electric substations in the Pacific Northwest have alarmed law enforcement and utility providers. The incidents resemble those that left 40,000 North Carolinians without electricity for days in early December. Though the attacks against facilities of Portland General Electric, the Bonneville Power Administration, and Puget Sound Energy, caused limited service disruption,…

Norway has announced it’s going to bolster security around vulnerable undersea fiber optic cables that are critical to the country’s oil and gas production after the recent explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines were found to be an act of sabotage. Norway’s communications regulator Nkom said on Nov. 29 that it will allocate an additional $4.4…

Investigators probing the Nord Stream pipeline blasts have found traces of explosive material at the site, the Swedish Security Service said Friday, describing the incident as an act of “serious sabotage.” Authorities from Denmark and Sweden are investigating damage to the two Nord Stream pipelines that link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea after…

BERLIN—Cables vital for the rail network were intentionally cut in two places causing a near three-hour halt to all rail traffic in northern Germany on Saturday morning, in what authorities called an act of sabotage without identifying who might be responsible. The federal police are investigating the incident, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said, adding the…

TBILISI/LONDON—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday blamed the United States and its allies for blowing up the undersea Nord Stream pipelines, raising the temperature in a crisis that has left Europe racing to secure its energy infrastructure and supplies. “The sanctions were not enough for the Anglo-Saxons: they moved onto sabotage,” Putin said. “It is…

European officials are investigating ruptures to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, which run through the bed of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, as apparent sabotage is feared. The two offshore lines of the natural gas pipeline network were reported to have sustained “unprecedented” damage within 24 hours, according to Nord…