Swedish officials do not yet know if an undersea power cable that runs between southern Sweden and Poland was damaged when the Nord Stream gas pipelines some 500 metres (547 yards) away ruptured from what Western and Russian officials both claimed was intentional tampering.
"Since the cable is not in service, it can't be determined if the cable is damaged in some way," Per Kvarnefalk, a spokesman for Sweden's public power transmission network operator Svenska kraftnat, said late Thursday. "We will therefore perform tests on the cable using special measurement equipment early next week with the aim to determine if the cable is fully functional.
The Danish and Swedish governments have described the ruptures as the result of "deliberate actions." Nordic seismologists recorded explosions preceding the leaks. A first explosion was recorded early Monday southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm. A second, stronger blast northeast of the island that night was equivalent to a magnitude-2.3 earthquake.
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