we start with a denial from ukraine of any involvement in september s attacks on the nord stream pipelines, which were built to carry russian natural gas to germany. the denial follows this report from the new york times. it cites us intelligence officials, suggesting a pro ukrainian group was to blame. before we look at those claims, let s get more details about the nord stream pipelines. let s get more details this map shows where they run along the sea bed, from russia, across the baltic, to germany. the damage was discovered near the danish island of bornholm. it s also relatively close to the russian territory of kaliningrad. it was first noticed when huge amounts of gas were spotted bubbling up to the surface. when cameras were sent down, this is what they recorded. several experts said it appeared the pipes had been damaged by an explosion on the outside of the pipe. here s ukrainian defence minister oleksi reznikov on the new allegations. for me, it s a little bit o
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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has warned that the outlook for extending a deal beyond 18 May that allows the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports was not great because Russia s own such exports still face obstacles
i think one of the difficulties with this pipeline is it s in very shallow water and can be accessed by divers and anchors or other gear from the surface. so it s vulnerable. i think you ll see more action to prevail and protect pipelines or using overhead intelligence, because it s likely most of the information we re going to gain now will come from using overhead sensors to figure out whose boat was there and how long and what they did. now to ukraine itself now, where the un secretary general antonio guterres has stressed the critical importance of the ukraine grain export deal to global food security. he s been meeting president volodymyr zelensky on how to extend the agreement, allowing grain exports from ukraine through the black sea. let s have a listen