"Poorly Protected": CIA warned Germany about possible attacks on "Nord Stream" - Spiegel

Journalists write that in the German Bundesver there is an opinion that gas leakage could be triggered by an explosion. Explosives on pipes could be installed divers. A few weeks ago, the United States warned Germany's federal government about possible attacks on gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. About it writes the German edition of Spiegel. The material says that in the summer, Berlin received information from the CIA.

It is reported that several people from the German government have been told to reporters, but the authorities are still refusing to comment from official comments. The huge pressure drop in the publication writes that the German government suggests that problems with the North Stream-1 and North Stream-2, which have recently emerged, can be caused by a deliberate attack.

Journalists write that the danger of possible attacks on the network of pipelines and underwater cables in the Baltic and North Seas with great anxiety was considered by military officials even to the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. According to the Bundeswehr, the Northern Stream, the Bundeswehr, the North Stream shows that the danger has been underestimated. According to him, worldwide networks are very important for energy supply and Internet.

However, they are very badly protected. According to Jan Christian Kaki of Welt, at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, as well as in the Atlantic, there is an important infrastructure, such as pipelines or underwater cables for IT. Having damaged it, you can leave a large number of territories without electricity. According to him, in the area of ​​cables and pipelines in the Baltic and North Seas there were Russian submarines and ground marine troops.

Spiegel journalists reported that seismic activity was noticed in the area of ​​the Nord Stream Gas. The cause could be the cause. Military Germans suggest that the explosives could install divers. Earlier, Focus reported that the Russian "Nord Stream-2" polluted the Baltic Sea with gas. Journalists write that gas leakage occurred not only from the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, but also from the Nord Stream-1. In both cases, a sharp decrease in pressure in the pipes was recorded.