Britain sent a frigate to the North Sea to guard pipelines

MOSCOW, 4 Oct — PRIME. Britain has sent a frigate to the North Sea, which will guard the European energy infrastructure after an emergency on the Nord Stream gas pipeline system, the country’s Ministry of Defense said.

“A Royal Navy frigate is in the North Sea and is working with the Norwegian Navy to keep those working near natural gas pipelines safe,” the agency said in a tweet.

Earlier, the defense ministers of the countries of the Joint Expeditionary Force condemned the terrorist attack on Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, and also discussed possible retaliatory measures.

A gas leak on the strings of the Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 was discovered on September 26 in the Baltic Sea. According to Swedish seismologists, powerful underwater explosions were recorded in the emergency area the day before. Germany, Denmark and Sweden did not rule out that the incidents could have been the result of targeted sabotage.

The operator of Nord Stream, Nord Stream AG, called the accidents on gas pipelines unprecedented and said that it was not yet possible to estimate the timing of repairs.

The Prosecutor General’s Office initiated the initiation of a case on an act of international terrorism.