Welding the Nord Stream 2 pipe in the Baltic Sea . File photoMOSCOW, Oct 13 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented Thursday on a statement by Danish Defense Minister Morten Bedskov that World War II-era shells at the bottom of the Baltic Sea make it difficult to investigate gas pipeline sabotage , according to her, the presence of such shells did not interfere with the construction of the gas pipeline itself. Earlier, Bedskov, before a meeting of NATO member countries in Brussels, told reporters that World War II shells located at the bottom of the Baltic Sea make it difficult to investigate alleged sabotage on the Nord Stream 1 gas pipelines and Nord Stream 2.
"I will ask the Danish Minister of Defense a couple of questions: 1. Did shells from the Second World War interfere with the laying of the gas pipeline? 2. How will he explain the appearance in 2015 under the pipeline "Nord Stream — 1" NATO shells of the current times?", Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.
She stressed that Russia is also facing the problem of unexploded shells of the Second World War, but this «does not prevent us from building housing, factories , roads».
The EU has yet to realize the damage from the emergency at Nord Stream, Peskov said