117 - Metter Frederiksen "Things can happen that we have not had the imagination to imagine"

 

Mette Frederiksen learns about who was behind

She is worried about Russian retaliation

The SWE and DK possess hydro-acoustic data.

Their ships were alerted shortly before it happened and chased a submarine.

27 Sept 2022 - Denmark's Prime Minister on the gas leaks: - Talk about deliberate actions

Both Sweden's and Denmark's prime ministers believe the gas leaks are deliberate actions, but deny that it is an attack on the countries.

Nevertheless, the Norwegian Defense Intelligence Service assesses that there is no increased military threat to Denmark, says the Prime Minister.

[MRT: What does NOR government know to make such statement? Is it perhaps because they knew something beforehand? Read here this post]  

Not an accident

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, Defense Minister Morten Bødskov and Climate, Energy and Supply Minister Dan Jørgensen are also present at the press conference.

The nature of the leaks and their size indicate that it cannot be an accident, says Minister of Supply Dan Jørgensen.

The ministers will not say anything about what they believe is the motive behind the sabotage of the pipeline.

[MRT: Legally it could mean that they are aware that definition of the event could lead to a war "armed attack" or sabotage "a competing company". More about it here and here]   

Increases preparedness

Defense Minister Morten Bødskov says that preparedness around Bornholm is now being increased. The Norwegian Defense Forces have had a patrol ship in the area since yesterday.

Today, the frigate Abasalon was sent to the area, says Bødskov.

The Norwegian Defense Forces have also placed a helicopter on Bornholm. 

The Norwegian Defense Forces have had a patrol ship in the area since yesterday.

 [MRT: What can a helicopter do what patrol ship can not? Perhaps Anti Submarine Warfare?]  

Defense Minister Bødskov will travel to Brussels on Wednesday to meet NATO's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. NATO confirms the visit.

Sweden's government is also holding a press conference on the gas leak on Tuesday evening. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist and Foreign Minister Ann Linde are participating.

The government cooperates with Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany and the USA, says Andersson.

[MRT: No cooperation with the UK.]  

Andersson states that on Tuesday she spoke on the phone with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the matter.

She says that Norway has notified Sweden of increased drone activity in the North Sea.

[MRT: There drone activity before and after the Nordstream attack is discussed here] 

27 Sept 2022 - Sweden's Prime Minister: - Probably a question of sabotage

Andersson says that on Tuesday she spoke on the phone with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the matter.

We do not speculate on motive and actor. What we can ascertain is that this is probably about sabotage, says Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde.

- Now it is important that both the EU and NATO continue to stand together. It is our most important weapon, says Linde.

[MRT: The SWE investigator later excluded both USA and Russia from the pool of suspects. The investigation has shown that there is a strong case that USA, NOR, GER, FRA and other actors knew about the threat by one member state and tried to prevent it. Unfortunately their efforts failed. Disclosure that it was known could lead to problems with NATO and EU political unity and borders criminal activity of helping the perpetrator in the act or neglecting protecting the key European infrastructure.]

30 Sept 2022 - The Prime Minister ok DK travels to London and Brussels to discuss the destruction on Nord Stream 1 and 2

31 Sept 2022 - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss meets with her Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen in London - video before meeting.

On energy security more widely, the Prime Minister and Prime Minister Frederiksen agreed on the need for likeminded democracies to work together to increase our energy independence.

[MRT: There was no mentioning about any suspects and possible UK submarine being in the area in the area during September]

01 Oct 2022 - Metter Frederiksen "Things can happen that we have not had the imagination to imagine"

[MRT: Looks like she understood very well what happened that one NATO country destroyed EU-RU key energy infrastructure.]

We are vulnerable, we are worried, and we are in very, very close dialogue with our allies.

[MRT: It is known that it was not Russia. There are strong clues that USA, Germany, France and Netherland knew about the threat from the UK, tried to protect pipelines but failed. It looks like that Denmark and rest of EU, NATO including the UK are seriously worried about Russian retaliation.]

No country can handle this task alone, says Mette Frederiksen...

[MRT: This is about a unity of the NATO. Note that the UK is excluded from new exercises but is protected by NATO as see here.]

I listen a lot to what Putin says. Both in his speech yesterday, but also on other occasions.

[MRT: She means these news - here]

And I notice that it is said directly from Putin's side that several different weapons and methods may be used. 

 [MRT: She meant these two news which I will post here bellow. Note that the same messages were contributing to the decision of USA to withdraw its naval forces - the Kaersarge group from the Baltic sea a week before on 22nd and 23rd of September - post is here and here. Denmark seemed to have some knowledge about a certain asset which left hydro-acoustic data which was recorded by Denmark, Sweden and USA. See here.]

Russian nuclear positioning before the Nordstream is attacked - post here

21 Sept 2022 - Putin mobilizes and threatens nuclear weapons

President Vladimir Putin has announced partial mobilization in what is a clear Russian escalation of the war in Ukraine. It includes 300,000 reservists.

- I am not bluffing, said the Russian president when he announced the decision in a televised speech on Wednesday morning.

Shortly afterwards, Defense Minister Sergej Sjojgu stated in a televised interview that 300,000 people in the reserve forces will be mobilised.

He assured that this should not apply to conscripts and students, only those who have relevant combat experience.

The West wants to destroy Russia

In the speech, Putin said he is willing to use all available means to defend Russian territories while accusing the West of wanting to "weaken, divide and ultimately destroy our country."

- To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind that our country also has various means of destruction, Putin said.

- When our country's territorial integrity is threatened, we will clearly use all the means we have to protect Russia and our people. This is no hoax, he added.

Nuclear threat

At the same time, Putin accused the West of carrying out "nuclear blackmail", after which he referred to "statements by some high-ranking representatives of leading NATO countries about the possibility of using weapons of mass destruction against Russia". It is unclear which statements he was referring to.

[MRT: Was it the UK? If it was the USA top official level Russia would put its nukes to silos and rang the nuclear preparedness alert.]

21 Sept 2022 - Former Putin adviser threatens nuclear strikes on UK: ‘Your cities will be targeted’

Ex-Russian lawmaker Sergei Markov blames Biden, Johnson, Truss for war after Putin announces partial mobilization; UK minister: ‘Talk of nuclear war is completely unhelpful’

A former key adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Britain with nuclear strikes in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, shortly after Moscow announced a widespread mobilization of troops.

“In Russia there’s partial mobilization and for your British listeners Vladimir Putin told you that he would be ready to use nuclear weapons against Western countries, including nuclear weapons against Great Britain,” Sergei Markov told the BBC.

“Your cities will be targeted,” said the former Russian lawmaker, who serves as a key public defender of the Kremlin to the international press.

“Everybody in the world now is thinking of nuclear war,” Markov said, claiming that a potential escalation would be due to the “crazy behavior” of US President Joe Biden, as well the former and current British prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

“Biden, Johnson and Truss are fully responsible for the war in Ukraine,” he claimed, nearly seven months after Russia invaded its neighbor.

“It was absolutely clear that Russia has no war against Ukraine, Russia has no reason to use technical nuclear weapons against Ukrainians,” Markov said.

Putin has previously warned the West not to push Russia against the wall and has rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to help Ukraine.

In his address, which was far shorter than previous speeches about the Ukraine war, Putin accused the West of engaging in “nuclear blackmail” and noted “statements of some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO states about the possibility of using nuclear weapons of mass destruction against Russia.”

He didn’t identify who had made such comments.

“To those who allow themselves such statements regarding Russia, I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for separate components and more modern than those of NATO countries and when the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, to protect Russia and our people, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal,” Putin said.

He added: “It’s not a bluff.”