Liz Truss with her Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, in Downing Street on Saturday.Liz Truss with her Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, in Downing Street on Saturday.Last modified on Sat 1 Oct 2022 18.37 BST
In a joint report delivered to the United Nations last week, the Danish and Swedish governments have claimed that the leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which can carry gas to Germany, were caused by blasts equivalent to the power ofThe UK prime minister was updated on developments in the situation unfolding in the Baltic Sea as she engaged in talks with her Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, in Downing Street on Saturday.
Calling the explosions a “terror attack”, Putin said the blasts were an attempt to “destroy the European energy infrastructure”. However, the US state department has called Putin’s comments “preposterous” and an act of “Russian disinformation”.