According to the newspaper, the CIA warned Germany of the possibility of attacks weeks before the gas leak.
of the United States the central intelligence service CIA warned Germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines already several weeks ago, reports news agency Reuters.
Reuters bases its information on the German The mirror to the information published by the magazine on Tuesday.
The German government received information about the possible attacks from the CIA already in the summer, Der Spiegel reported, referring to its anonymous sources. A spokesman for the German government refused to comment on the matter to the newspaper.
German newspaper The daily mirror according to the anonymous source interviewed, what happened is considered sabotage in the German administration and government.
“We cannot imagine a situation where this is not a deliberate attack. Everything speaks against chance,” the source tells Der Tagesspiegel.
Baltic Sea three leaks have been detected in the underground Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines. One of them is in the economic zone of Sweden and the other in Denmark.
According to the Danish Defense Forces, there are two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline located on the northeast side of the island of Bornholm. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, on the other hand, is leaking south of the island’s Dueodde beach.
According to the German Geological Survey, seismographs measured two earthquakes in the area on Monday. Earthquakes was also observed in Finland.
The Swedish police have filed a criminal complaint about pipe leaks, he says Swedish radio. The police are currently investigating the leaks as gross sabotage and are cooperating with other authorities.