Lavrov: Russia learned of attempts to attack Turkish Stream and Blue Stream

Russia received information about attempts to undermine the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines. The areas in the Black Sea where they are located have begun to be patrolled, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with representatives of the Bangladeshi Association of Alumni of Soviet and Russian Universities.

Lavrov explained that Russian warships tried to attack while patrolling the gas pipeline route. According to him, the Ukrainian military attempted strikes on the territory of humanitarian corridors in the Black Sea. They launched surface and underwater vehicles against military and civilian vessels, the minister added.

“Now, when everyone is demanding that we allow them to export grain again, we are not prohibiting them, we just won’t let them through humanitarian corridors, <...> which <...> were used to launch these devices. They began to patrol these sections of the Black Sea, because there is information that they are also trying to blow them up, just like they blew up the Nord Streams,” he said (quote according to TASS).

On September 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated about constant attempts to attack Turkish Stream and Blue Stream using UAVs. “Our ships guard these streams, these pipeline systems, and they are constantly under attack. Including with the help of drones that are sent to these attacks from Ukrainian Black Sea ports,” the president said.

Terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines happened September 26, 2022 The investigation is still ongoing. Information periodically appears in foreign media that Ukraine may be involved in explosions on gas pipelines. The Kremlin questions this version. On the anniversary of the bombing, Russia requested an open meeting of the UN Security Council.