The two gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea remain closed, but contain gas. The causes of the gas leaks are still unknown.
The Swedish Maritime Authority has warned this morning of two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, in the Baltic Sea. The announcement has come shortly after the Danish authorities warned that they had detected a gas leak in the Nord Stream 2 project, in waters belonging to Sweden and Denmark. Although the two ducts remain closed, they contain gas, which must remain at a constant pressure.
The causes of the tube leak, which occurred about 20 kilometers southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, are still unknown. For the time being, both Sweden and Denmark have prohibited maritime traffic within a radius of nine kilometers from the leak and have also closed the airspace in the area. The two countries remain on alert and closely monitor leaks.
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