An Operation Straight Out of Hollywood
How the Nord Stream pipelines were detonated
On September 26, 2022, four explosions took place over the course of 17 hours.
SWEDEN
C
Detonations
Exclusive economic zones
D
B
Christiansø
Bornholm
DENMARK
Danish exclusive
economic zone
Baltic Sea
A
2
4
Wiek
1
5
Kołobrzeg
Rostock,
Hohe Düne
3
Lubmin
POLAND
GERMANY
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream 2
50 km
both lines
damaged
one line still
functional
Known stops made by the saboteurs
1
9/6/2022 Rostock,
Hohe Düne
3
9/19/2022
Kołobrzeg
2
9/7/2022 Wiek (Rügen)
4
9/22/2022 Wiek
5
9/23/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
Detonation site A is located around 75 km from the others.
Length
of the break
10 m
200 m
Another 100 meters of the pipes
were torn open.
There are multiple craters at both
Nord Stream 1 detonation sites.
290 m
1,5 m
This detonation resulted in only
a small leak. The explosive was
placed directly at a seam.
SSources:
Erik Andersson, BBC,
own reporting
An Operation Straight Out of Hollywood
How the Nord Stream pipelines were detonated
On September 26, 2022, four explosions took place
over the course of 17 hours.
SWEDEN
C
Detonations
Exclusive economic zones
D
B
Christiansø
Bornholm
DENMARK
Baltic Sea
Danish exclusive
economic zone
A
2
4
Wiek
1
Rostock,
Hohe Düne
5
Kołobrzeg
3
Lubmin
GERMANY
POLAND
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream 2
both lines
damaged
one line still
functional
50 km
Known stops made by the saboteurs
1
9/6/2022 Rostock,
Hohe Düne
2
9/7/2022 Wiek (Rügen)
4
9/22/2022 Wiek
3
9/19/2022 Kołobrzeg
5
9/23/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
Detonation site A
is located around
75 km from the others.
Length
of the break
10 m
Another 100 meters
of the pipes
were torn open.
200 m
290 m
There are multiple craters
at both Nord Stream 1
detonation sites.
1,5 m
This detonation resulted in only
a small leak. The explosive was
placed directly at a seam.
SSources:
Erik Andersson, BBC,
own reporting
An Operation Straight Out of
Hollywood
How the Nord Stream pipelines
were detonated
On September 26, 2022, four
explosions took place over the
course of 17 hours.
SWEDEN
C
Detonations
Exclusive
economic
zones
D
B
Christiansø
Bornholm
DENMARK
Baltic
Sea
*
A
2
4
Wiek
1
5
Rostock,
Hohe Düne
Kołobrzeg
3
Lubmin
GERMANY
POLAND
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream 2
both lines
damaged
one line still
functional
* Danish exclusive
economic zone
50 km
Known stops made by the saboteurs
1
9/6/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
2
9/7/2022 Wiek (Rügen)
3
9/19/2022 Kolberg
4
9/22/2022 Wiek
5
9/23/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
Detonation site A is located around
75 km from the others.
Length
of the break
10 m
Another 100 meters of the pipes
were torn open.
200 m
290 m
There are multiple craters at both
Nord Stream 1 detonation sites.
1,5 m
This detonation resulted in only
a small leak. The explosive was
placed directly at a seam.
SSources: Erik Andersson, BBC,
own reporting
An Operation Straight Out of Hollywood
How the Nord Stream pipelines were detonated
On September 26, 2022, four explosions took place over the course of 17 hours.
SWEDEN
C
Detonations
Exclusive economic zones
D
B
Christiansø
Bornholm
DENMARK
Danish exclusive
economic zone
Baltic Sea
A
2
4
Wiek
1
5
Kołobrzeg
Rostock,
Hohe Düne
3
Lubmin
POLAND
GERMANY
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream 2
50 km
both lines
damaged
one line still
functional
Known stops made by the saboteurs
1
9/6/2022 Rostock,
Hohe Düne
2
9/7/2022 Wiek (Rügen)
3
9/19/2022 Kołobrzeg
4
9/22/2022 Wiek
5
9/23/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
Detonation site A is located around 75 km from the others.
Length
of the break
10 m
200 m
Another 100 meters of the pipes
were torn open.
There are multiple craters at both
Nord Stream 1 detonation sites.
290 m
1,5 m
This detonation resulted in only
a small leak. The explosive was
placed directly at a seam.
SSources:
Erik Andersson, BBC,
own reporting
An Operation Straight Out of Hollywood
How the Nord Stream pipelines were detonated
On September 26, 2022, four explosions took place
over the course of 17 hours.
SWEDEN
C
Detonations
Exclusive economic zones
D
B
Christiansø
Bornholm
DENMARK
Baltic Sea
Danish exclusive
economic zone
A
2
4
Wiek
1
5
Rostock,
Hohe Düne
Kołobrzeg
3
Lubmin
GERMANY
POLAND
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream 2
both lines
damaged
one line still
functional
50 km
Known stops made by the saboteurs
1
9/6/2022 Rostock,
Hohe Düne
2
9/7/2022 Wiek (Rügen)
4
9/22/2022 Wiek
3
9/19/2022 Kołobrzeg
5
9/23/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
Detonation site A
is located around
75 km from the others.
Length
of the break
10 m
Another 100 meters
of the pipes
were torn open.
200 m
290 m
There are multiple craters
at both Nord Stream 1
detonation sites.
1,5 m
This detonation resulted in only
a small leak. The explosive was
placed directly at a seam.
SSources:
Erik Andersson, BBC,
own reporting
An Operation Straight Out of
Hollywood
How the Nord Stream pipelines
were detonated
On September 26, 2022, four
explosions took place over the
course of 17 hours.
SWEDEN
C
Detonations
Exclusive
economic
zones
D
B
Christiansø
Bornholm
DENMARK
Baltic
Sea
*
A
2
4
Wiek
1
5
Rostock,
Hohe Düne
Kołobrzeg
3
Lubmin
GERMANY
POLAND
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream 2
both lines
damaged
one line still
functional
* Danish exclusive
economic zone
50 km
Known stops made by the saboteurs
1
9/6/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
2
9/7/2022 Wiek (Rügen)
3
9/19/2022 Kolberg
4
9/22/2022 Wiek
5
9/23/2022 Rostock, Hohe Düne
Detonation site A is located around
75 km from the others.
Length
of the break
10 m
Another 100 meters of the pipes
were torn open.
200 m
290 m
There are multiple craters at both
Nord Stream 1 detonation sites.
1,5 m
This detonation resulted in only
a small leak. The explosive was
placed directly at a seam.
SSources: Erik Andersson, BBC,
own reporting