Nord Stream

It was the first pipeline that bypassed Ukraine and Poland to deliver Russian natural gas directly to West Europe.

The project Nord Stream 2 was opposed from the start by the United States,[7][8] primarily because it would increase German dependence on Russian energy.

[10] On 26 September 2022, news broke of four explosions at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines, rendering three of the four lines inoperable.

Three separate investigations were started by Germany, Sweden and Denmark, the latter two were closed without publicly assigned responsibility for the damage in February 2024.

[13] Although none of the four Nord Stream pipelines were in operation, they still contained pressurized natural gas, of which vast quantities were released into the Baltic Sea.