Just as Europe was restless about the "shortness of air and shortness of oil", the two explosions made them even more nervous. According to Xinhua News Agency, 30 measurement stations in the southern region of Sweden detected two "underwater explosions" at the same time. After that, underwater leakage occurred in the Beixi 1 and Beixi 2 pipelines.
A Swedish earthquake scientist said after investigation that in the surveillance video, the scene of waves ejecting from the bottom of the water to the water surface is a very obvious "explosion", and one of the explosions reached the level of a magnitude 2.3 earthquake!
Danish Prime Minister Frazier Rixson also agreed with this view. The person said on the 27th that the leakage of the Nord Stream natural gas project was not an "accident" but "deliberate destruction".
At present, Sweden and Denmark have set up a crisis group to hold a special meeting to discuss the matter. Regarding the energy security of Europe, Germany also stated that it attaches great importance to this destruction accident and will conduct a specific investigation. Meanwhile, European Commission President von der Leyen said that such acts of destroying energy pipelines cannot be tolerated. Russia also determined that this was a "man-made sabotage accident" and needed to be investigated immediately.
Two natural gas pipelines have aroused the concern of these many countries, which shows that it is very important. This incident tells people that as long as there are common interests, Russia and Europe can form a situation of "unity against the enemy" and counterattack against the "enemy".
Now the question is, who is this enemy? Why did he blow up Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2? Polish Former Minister and European Parliament Radoslaw Sikorsky posted photos of the gas leak on social media, and wrote "Thank you, the United States". The meaning behind it is self-evident!
public information shows that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was completed in 2011. It is the largest natural gas pipeline in Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea country, with an annual gas transmission of 55 billion cubic meters. The
" Nordic Stream-2" pipeline was completed in 2021 and is in parallel with " Nordic Stream-1". It was also built from Russia to Germany, and then transported natural gas from Germany to European countries. However, the pipeline is currently affected by factors such as Western sanctions and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and has not yet been put into use.
Currently, EU The energy used by many countries is mainly oil and natural gas, while Russian oil and gas with high quality and low price has become the first choice for Europe. Germany has even withstood the pressure from the United States to shut down nuclear power projects and also needs to repair the Nord Stream 2 project.
It can be seen from this that Europe relies heavily on natural gas transported by Russia. Now that Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 have been man-made damage, and the maintenance time cannot be determined, it will cause further price increases in European natural gas and trigger larger and more fierce protests. At this time, whoever can't stand it first will collapse first.
At present, the Czech factory has been shut down, prices soared, and public grievances are booming. At least 70,000 Czech people have taken to the streets of Prague to protest the anti-Russian policies implemented by the government.
Almost at the same time, about 3,500 German people gathered at the terminal of the "North Stream-2" natural gas pipeline to protest. They shouted the slogans of opening the "North Stream-2" project and lifting sanctions against Russia, forcing the government to find ways to solve the problem.
Obviously, once the Nord Stream project is completely shut down, the first one will be the Czech Republic and Germany, and the people in these countries will not be able to stand it. From this perspective, the murderer who destroyed the Nord Stream project is very insidious. The murderer wants to completely mess up Europe and completely decouple it from Russia. This will not only make money but also further tie Europe. It is really a good plan.
and the United States has a "criminal record" of blocking the Nord Stream 2 project. In 2019, then-US President Trump signed a bill to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 project, which resulted in Sweden announcing the suspension of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 project. The United States does this just to let Europeans buy American liquefied gas, otherwise how can American energy merchants make money?
