On February 26, local time, Denmark** announced that Denmark would stop investigating the "Nord Stream" gas pipeline incident. However, Denmark** also said that it believes that the "Nord Stream" pipeline incident** was caused by man-made sabotage.
The Nord Stream gas pipeline departs from Russia and reaches Germany via the Baltic Sea floor. On September 26, 2022, a large amount of natural gas leaked from the pipeline**. The investigation found that three of the four pipelines were leaking, with a total of four leak points, located in the waters near Sweden and Denmark. **In the aftermath of the incident, Denmark, Sweden and Germany launched separate investigations, but refused to allow Russia to participate, and the investigation proceeded very slowly. Seymour Hersh, a well-known American investigative journalist, once broke the news that the "Nord Stream" pipeline was secretly sabotaged by US intelligence services and the US military. The United States** denies this.
On the 7th of this month, the Swedish prosecutor announced the end of the investigation of the "Nord Stream" gas pipeline incident, which lasted for more than 16 months, on the grounds of "Sweden's lack of jurisdiction", and said that it had handed over the relevant investigation materials to Germany, but did not give a conclusion on the determination of responsibility for the incident. So far, only Germany is continuing its investigation.