In the days before the alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, a Swedish navy ship was on a mission very close to the two locations where the gas leaks occurred. Then it was located at the limit of Russian territorial waters, just opposite the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, the day before the discovery leaks, noted on Monday September 26, reveals this Tuesday the Swedish daily Today’s News, without drawing any conclusions.
In the same article, Swedish Navy spokesman Jimmie Adamsson confirmed the presence of a vessel in the locations indicated but did not comment on the reasons for the presence of this vessel in these areas.
The Today’s News indicates having had access to this data from the company Marine Traffic, which maps the movements of ships at sea according to the information provided by their AIS (automatic identification system) transmitters for questions of safety at sea. On several occasions, the Swedish ship disconnected its transmitter, as warships often do to