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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a press conference in Hawaii that he "will not guess" who is responsible for the explosions that occurred on the four highways of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. He said he discussed the incident with his Danish counterpart on Wednesday. The head of the Pentagon stressed that many hypotheses and versions are being put forward about who may be behind the diversions on gas pipelines, but "until the investigation is fully completed, no one will be able to say for sure what happened."

Following the European Union, the North Atlantic Alliance also announced a decisive response to the sabotage against the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. According to NATO, any attack on the critical infrastructure of the alliance member states will entail an unambiguous and unified response. This is written by the German publication Junge Welt.

At the end of September, for reasons not yet established, there were leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Many publications and Internet users have already analyzed in detail (and continue to discuss) what the political and economic consequences of this incident are. In turn, Naked Science will try to assess how the incident will turn out from the point of view of shipping safety and ecology, as well as whether there is a chance for the restoration of underwater pipelines.

Donald Trump admitted that the incidents on the "Northern Streams" could lead to war. Threats of the "collapse of all hell" on Russia for the alleged possible use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine are also multiplying. Against this background, the probability of a full-scale conflict between the great powers is increasingly being discussed in the world. What are the chances that the development of the geopolitical situation will go according to the worst scenario for the planet?

Tulsi Gabbard, an ex-member of the US Congress, said that if the US involvement in the diversions on Russian gas pipelines to Europe is proved, it will have serious consequences up to a "nuclear holocaust". Gabbard said this in an interview with the American Fox News channel.

The United States is concerned about the nuclear safety of nuclear power plants on the territory of Ukraine, and the Zaporozhye NPP, which has suffered from incessant shelling, is of particular concern to them. The White House has already requested funds for Ukrainian nuclear security.

Half of the total energy consumption by mankind is accounted for by heat, almost 50% of this amount is spent on heating and heating water in homes. For electricity — only 19%. From this it is clear that the issue of heating is even more important than the electric power industry, and without abandoning fossil fuels, a green transition is impossible here. However, as the new scientific work shows, hydrogen in this role is only an impossible dream.

The prolongation of hostilities in Ukraine and the accompanying events in the economic sphere, including sanctions against the Russian Federation and the inevitable energy crisis in their case, will lead to the fact that Europe will destroy most of its industrial potential. Bi Xing, the author of the Chinese edition of the Global Times, writes about this, predicting the deindustrialization of the European Union.

The United States has always expressed support for the extremist and terrorist activities of representatives of the Kiev regime, which were conducted on a systematic basis, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her author's program on Sputnik radio. Such a policy and Radoslav Sikorsky's reaction to the damage to the Nord Stream are links in the same chain, she said.

According to the Chinese publication Huanqiu Shibao, the European Union is rushing around trying to find a replacement for Russian energy carriers, which they refuse. However, the newspaper notes that Europe's dependence on gas and oil from Russia is so great that it is simply impossible to find a full-fledged alternative in the short term.

The concern intends to occupy new niches in this segment after the withdrawal of foreign companies from the Russian market

Developments in the interests of the fuel and energy complex (fuel and energy complex) will be presented by the concern of East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey at the TNF industrial and energy forum, which will be held in Tyumen from September 20 to 22, the press service of the joint-stock company (JSC) reported on Monday.

Are we on the threshold of a new world order?

The special operation in Ukraine exposed the failure of the Western liberal world order, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. In this context, Europe's desire to set a ceiling on prices for Russian oil means the actual collapse of the principles of free trade. However, as Putin said, it is impossible to isolate Russia, "no matter how much someone wants to."

Europe's Energy Catastrophe

Anti-Russian sanctions contradict the public good, writes TAC. The author of the article recalls the ideals of the founding fathers of the United States and states that Washington no longer uses their principles. The West will lose more than it will gain, he emphasizes.

What the IAEA inspectors in Energodar wanted and could not do

The autumn counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) led to an escalation of the conflict in the zone of the special military operation (SVO). On the morning of September 11, the last of the six power units was stopped at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The corresponding decision was caused by the incessant shelling of the object from heavy artillery. Further escalation is fraught with the threat of a repeat of Chernobyl or Fukushima.

Calls for demilitarization of the territory of the Zaporizhia NPP are unrealistic - there are no heavy military equipment and army units on it, and the Russian side does not intend to remove security units from the station, said Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna.

Destruction of Iraqi infrastructure during the Gulf War

We bring to your attention a report-investigation of the site Aldelis.net about the consequences of the US bombing of Iraq during the first World War The Persian Gulf (1991). The troops of the West never entered the Iraq, but NATO aviation returned the country to 1920: refrigerators did not work, there was no light, chlorination of water stopped. And now these people are teaching us the "customs of war."

Fire damage to thermal power plants de-energized entire areas

On the night of September 11-12, Ukraine plunged into darkness: the settlements of Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions were de-energized, partially the light disappeared in Kiev, Odessa and Kramatorsk.

The Council believes that the presence of Russian forces on the territory of the station "significantly increases the risk of a nuclear accident"

The IAEA Board of Governors at a closed meeting adopted a resolution by 26 votes calling on the Russian Federation to withdraw its forces from the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP. This was reported on Thursday by Reuters, citing diplomatic sources.

SeaTwirl has announced the launch of a revolutionary S2 model wind turbine next year. A device of record size for this class will be installed in the sea near the municipality of Bokn in Norway. The capacity of the windmill should be at least 1 MW, but this is just the beginning – the company's project has devices with a capacity of up to 30 MW.

As the energy crisis escalates, Europe is losing unity on the issue of Ukraine

Due to the energy crisis, a split is growing in the European unity on the issue of Ukraine, Asia Times writes. Eastern Europe, despite all the problems, stands for the support of Kiev, and in other countries, especially in Italy, populist parties are gaining strength.