The Danish Energy Agency reports three leaks on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. The blasts causing the leaks happened beneath the Baltic Sea, near the Danish island of Bornholm. Sweden, Denmark and Poland said the blasts were acts of sabotage, though the EU Commission claim it's still too early to speculate. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is extremely concerned and refused to rule out sabotage as a potential cause.

Professor Zhang Xin from the School of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University in Shanghai says some European countries will further expedite seeking energy independence.