NATO headquarters building in Brussels. File photoBRUSSELS, Oct 13NATO allies are stepping up security at key critical infrastructure facilities following the Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. important infrastructure after the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. We have increased vigilance in the Baltic and North Seas and doubled our presence there. Allies are strengthening security at key infrastructure facilities, have stepped up the exchange of intelligence in all areas — from space to underwater, «Stoltenberg said following the results meeting in Brussels of the heads of the alliance's defense ministries. future. The attacks took place on September 26 at once on two Russian export gas pipelines to Europe — the Northern stream» (both threads) and «Nord Stream — 2» (one of the two threads). Germany, Denmark and Sweden do not rule out targeted sabotage. The Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that the state of emergency on gas pipelines is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation initiated a case on an act of international terrorism after the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Russia
