An underwater vehicle accompanied the sabotage divers while placing a payload on the Nord Stream pipeline. This opinion was expressed for Bloomberg one of the veteran Danish navy divers who remained unnamed.
According to him, “whoever carried out the sabotage had access to a fast, autonomous underwater vehicle similar to the one used by modern navies.” It was noted that the weight of the explosives placed in the pipelines was tens, if not hundreds, of kilograms. The duration of the operation to place explosives and evacuate the saboteurs is estimated at several hours, and according to experts, it is impossible to carry out this unaccompanied.
The publication material says that about 100,000 mines and containers of mustard gas from the times of the First World War are still in the waters of the Baltic Sea. Under these conditions, locating pipelines and then transporting and placing explosives would be a “challenging task for saboteur divers,” an agency source said, without precise coordinates or tracking technology.
Former Senator Alexei Pushkov stated To block an article about US involvement in the undermining of Nord Streams.