The President of Russia likens the damage to international terrorism.
Natural gas from Russia to Europe has been sabotaged.
The US would benefit from the leaks.
According to a Thursday statement from the Kremlin, President Putin called the sabotage of the natural-gas line an act of terrorism.
According to the statement, Putin made the comment over the phone.
Natural-gas leaks were first detected in the Baltic Sea on Monday. Sweden found a fourth leak on Wednesday.
The NATO said in a statement that the damage was the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts. Any attack on Allies' critical infrastructure would be met with a united and determined response.
The damage toNord Stream appeared to be the result of state-sponsored terrorism, according to the Kremlin's spokesman.
"This appears to be an act of terrorism on a state level," said Peskov. It's hard to imagine that such an act of terrorism could have been done without the involvement of a state.
Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a pro-Kremlin online broadcast that the US would benefit from the leaks because it would be able to export more natural gas.
Zakharova said that the leaks were under the control of US intelligence. There were incidents in the trade and economic zones of Sweden. There are NATO countries. She didn't give evidence of the claim.
Sweden has applied to join the NATO alliance.
The Russian foreign ministry demanded an explanation from the president on whether the US acted on its threat to endNordstream.
She was referring to a statement made by Biden on February 7.
According to an official transcript, the White House Press Secretary said that Biden was referring to how theNord Stream 2 wouldn't start working and that the US was not responsible for the leaks.
Jean-Pierre said that they would work with Germany on the matter. He was correct that Germany froze it in February, which was reported by all of you. At that time, the President talked about that.
The project was put on hold in February because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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