Sweden Sends Advanced Ships For Leaks In The Nord Stream Gas Pipe In The Baltic Sea

JAKARTA - Sweden sent a submarine-backed ship Monday to a location of Russia's gas pipeline network in the Baltic Sea that broke out last week following an explosion in the area, investigating incidents that have escalated tensions in Europe's energy crisis.

Europe is investigating what caused three pipeline networks in the Nord Stream network to explode, in an act suspected of sabotage near Swedish and Danish waters.

"The coast guard is in charge of the mission, but we support them with units," Swedish naval spokesman Jimmie Adamsson told Reuters.

"The only thing we name is HMS Belos, which is a rescue ship with a submarine," he continued.

Quoted from various sources, HMS Belos in collaboration with Royal Navy, allows NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) support, an international submarine rescue system project by three countries, Norway, France, and the UK, but can be used by NATO members and allied countries as well as submarines that need suitability around the hatch.

Meanwhile, Sweden's prosecution authority said in a press release it had designated the area as a crime scene. A Swedish coast guard spokesman confirmed in an email that there is now a five-mile-sea exception zone around the leak.

Earlier, the Swedish coast guard said Nord Stream 1 had stopped leaking, but an overflight showed that the gas was still flowing out of Nord Stream 2 and rising to the surface within a radius of 30 meters (32 yards).

Moscow said there was a trace of the West in this event, assessing the United States would benefit.

Meanwhile, Washington firmly denies this. European countries suspect sabotage behind this incident.