On Tuesday, the Swedish Maritime Authority issued a warning of two leaks on Russia’s Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Swedish and Danish waters shortly after a leak was discovered at the neighboring Nord Stream 2 project.

“There are two leaks in Nord Stream 1 – one in the economic zone of Sweden and one in the economic zone of Denmark. They are very close to each other,” a Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) spokesman told Reuters.

The leaks occurred northeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, the spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the leaks.

“We are still making sure ships don’t get too close to the scene,” said a second SMA spokesman.

On Monday, Danish authorities ordered ships to stay out of a five nautical mile radius southeast of Bornholm following a gas leak from the defunct Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline into the Baltic Sea.

The operator of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which had been running at reduced capacity since mid-June before shutting down completely in August, said later on Monday that pressure had dropped on both lines of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.

The Baltic Pipeline, a new underwater pipeline that brings Norwegian gas to Poland, with an annual capacity of 10 billion cubic meters, is due to open later on Tuesday.

Possibility of sabotage

The reason for the pressure drop on both strings of the Nord Stream gas pipeline could be targeted sabotage. This was reported on Monday evening by the newspaper Tagesspiegel, citing its own sources.

In both cases, an investigation has been launched into the causes of the incident, in which the German federal security services are involved. “We cannot imagine a scenario without targeted sabotage,” the source said. “Everything speaks against coincidences,” he added. Sources say this type of alleged sabotage is far from trivial and must be carried out using special forces such as divers or a submarine.

As for the authorship of a possible sabotage, according to initial assumptions, according to the publication, Ukrainian forces or forces associated with Ukraine may be responsible. Other options are being considered. In Berlin, according to the Tagesspiegel, they stressed that it cannot be ruled out that the alleged sabotage was planned before the gas supply was cut off, since the time for such special operations could be long.