Kremlin: Sabotage Cannot Be Ruled Out as Reason for Nord Stream Damage

This file photo taken on November 8, 2011 shows a view of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline terminal prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream's twin 1,224 kilometer gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, in Lubmin, northeastern Germany. (AFP)

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it did not rule out sabotage as a reason behind the damage to the Russia-built network of Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, said earlier on Tuesday that three offshore lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system sustained "unprecedented" damage in one day.