to come into direct conflict with russia as a result of an event like this things could escalate quite never currently. there are nuclear states on both sides and it is a conflict that no one wants to see happening. that is why it is both wise and useful that people have been very, very cautious about trying to ascribe exactly who is at fault for what happened today. yeah, but we are for what happened today. yeah, but we are already for what happened today. yeah, but we are already hearing - for what happened today. yeah, but we are already hearing fromj but we are already hearing from the ukrainian side, haven t we, stephen? we have heard that ukraine has dismissed allegations that one of its missiles landed in poland as a conspiracy theory and russian propaganda, so we are starting to see conflicting statements coming through. how much pressure does that put on countries like united states and from your experience, having been in the national security council, what would you advi
the foreign minister for sweden, saying we need to be prepared for putin to act irrationally. the polish prime minister said this was an act of sabotage, that likely means a further escalation in the war of ukraine. and the european commission ursula van drew line, said any disruption of active european infrastructure will lead to the possible strongest response. even russia not shying away from the topic. refusing to rule out any possibility when asked about the possibility that this was sabotage. but the key thing for europe, christy, is that this now means that nord stream 1, which up until the late spring this year, was really the biggest artery pumping gas to europe, that is now very likely not coming back online this winter. the operator of this pipeline, nord stream ag, said it s not currently possible to estimate a timeline for restoring the gas transport infrastructure. that means for europe, the urgency of diversifying supply is much greater. which it has already been doing,
russia has stage referendums in four occied parts of ukraine. wh could come next as moscow continues to lay claim to s neighbor s territory. and nord stream gas pipeline suffer unprecedented damage. and european leaders say they suspect sabotage. we ve got the details, next. these folks don t have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again.
nord stream gas pipelines. methane bubbles were seen rising to the surface of the baltics sea near the pipelines. seismologists say that there were explosions in the area on monday. it s not clear if that caused the leaks or who is behind it. russia cut off the flow of natural gas of one pipeline to europe over the warren ukraine, and the other was not operating commercial yet. clare sebastian joins me from. europe clare, europe is investigating ghastly s and suspicion is falling on russia? yeah, kristie, i think when you have three leaks into neighboring gas pipelines that really appear in the space of a day, and themselves very rare events. and two seismologist from two different countries registering events on the rector sale consistent with explosions. and then you do have european leaders really not shying away from the topic. that this could ve been sabotage. the swedish prime minister this is probably a delivered act.
calling a sham, a farce, and a blatant violation of international law, pro moscow authorities say four partially occupied regions of ukraine voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining russia. the hastily arranged referendums took place over five days in the regions of donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia, and kherson, which make up about 18% of ukrainian territory. russia state media say partial results show about 97% of voters are in favor of joining russia. although there are reports of officials going house to house collecting votes, sometimes accompanied by soldiers. the u.s. is blasting the vote, and as introduced a resolution that the un security council, calling on member states not to recognize any change to ukraine s borders. european leaders say that they suspect sabotage is to blame for seven mysterious leaks into