Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborn expressed his concerns last November about a Russian ship that may be conducting infrastructure research in the North Sea off the Belgian coast. This is stated in the minister’s circular. In this respect to write local media.
According to him, the Russian ship “can inspect vulnerable infrastructure facilities, including a wind farm, underwater gas pipelines, communication and data cables.”
In the Swedish Navy in October 2022 approvedIt has been reported that a civilian ship flying the Russian flag is in the sabotage zone in the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that he did not know about the Russian ship, which was previously involved in the emergency investigation in Nord Stream in Sweden’s economic zone. The Kremlin spokesperson announced this during a briefing.
The press secretary of the head of state did not provide further details about the Russian ship’s alleged operation at the site of the accidents in Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2.