Sabotaged pipelines and a mystery: Who did it? Was it Russia?
setting off a frantic effort in Europe to secure enough fuel to heat homes, generate electricity and power businesses.
But others noted that one of two Nord Stream 2 pipelines was undamaged, leaving Mr Putin the possibility of using it as leverage if the winter turns particularly cold. "Putin is going to use every hybrid measure at his disposal to fluster Europeans, from food to refugees to energy," she said. The pipelines were damaged at a critical moment in the seven-month war. Kyiv is making unexpected advances in the battlefield, Moscow has challenged Ukraine's Western backers with thinly veiled threats of nuclear retaliation, Russia seems on the verge of annexing large parts of Ukraine, and Mr Putin's order to draft hundreds of thousands of men into the military is meeting broad resistance.
On Wednesday, swirling streams of gas continued to escape the three ruptured pipes, roiling the sea surface near the Danish island of Bornholm. Danish authorities said they had begun a criminal investigation to determine the exact cause of the leaks. The US government offered its assistance.While some European officials were quick to speculate about Russian involvement, US officials were more cautious, noting the lack of available evidence.
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