The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has formally labeled the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines as “acts of sabotage.”
“All currently available information indicates that this is the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage,” NATO said in a Sept. 29 statement. “These leaks are causing risks to shipping and substantial environmental damage. We support the investigations underway to determine the origin of the damage.”
Seismologists and other officials said that explosions were the likely cause of the damage to the pipelines, which carry Russian natural gas to Germany.
“NATO is committed to deter and defend against hybrid attacks,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter, adding that the alleged “sabotage of the Nordstream pipelines is of deep concern.”…