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or limit allegations of Foul Play in Europe the Kremlin has dismissed claims of Russia attacking the Nord stream pipelines as absurd and stupid the gas leaks on key pipelines in the Baltic Sea are raising fears of a worsening energy crisis on the European continent millions of cubic meters of gas are spilling into the Baltic Sea of three separate leaks were detected on the russian-owned North 31 and 2 all within the space of 24 hours given the severity of the damage experts believe they are likely caused by a state actor pioneer Rosie Berger joins us live from Brussels Rosie what can the EU actually do if if even if it can confirm that these leaks are an act of sabotage well EU officials at first were treading a very cautious path here they were saying that it was too soon to determine whether this was these leaks were caused by deliberate actions but just in the space of a few errors that language hard and now there's one word on everyone's lips here in Brussels and that word is sabotage now EU officials have stopped short of attributing any blame for this alleged sabotage now there is some suspicion certainly behind closed doors that this may have been cause in one way or another by Moscow Poland's foreign minister is one of those who spoken publicly on the matter he said that that cannot be ruled out still no official blameling so far by the European union now what can they do about this they have promised EU officials are robust and United response they have promised to retaliate once investigations prove something one way or the other but the retaliation methods they have really boil down to sanctions sanctions against perpetrators if these do indeed proved to be attacked as is so widely suspected here across the European Union but remember the EU already has a swathe of sanctions in place against Moscow so it may prove insufficient in some people's eyes in terms of a response to what is certainly a dramatic escalation in this deepening energy crisis across this continent now one interesting point some analysts are pointing to is the fact that these suspected explosions the suspected potential attacks happened in international waters so outside the territory for example of Denmark had they occurred within that territory well that might be something which would trigger a response from NATO that Western military Alliance in which it also includes the United States and in which members take a collective defense pledge to protect each other in case of security threats now the fact these happened outside Waters would some say rule out any sort of response on that front but we do know this is something which NATO Chief Jen stoltenberg has been discussing with defense ministers here from the European Union so certainly something which is escalating a crisis a crisis which is deepening across this EU as on the one hand households and businesses struggle to pay energy bills as prices soar and on the other hand as EU countries scramble to replace supplies of energy once imported from Russia well thanks that Rosie butchers speaking to us there from Brussels