Sweden reports fourth Nord Stream pipeline leak

Reports say largest rupture is causing circle of bubbles at Baltic Sea surface of about 900 metres in diameter

Swedish authorities have reported a fourth leak on one of the two Nord Stream pipelines that EU leaders believe was the target of sabotage at the start of the week.

The two leaks in Swedish waters were close to each other, “in the same sector”, a coastguard officer told Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. Dagens Nyheter reported that one rupture, on Nord Stream 2, was causing a circle of bubbles on the surface of the sea of about 900 metres in diameter, and the other, coming from a leak in Nord Stream 1, a circle of about 200 metres.

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