Report: Russia’s outdated construction fleet in Nord Stream 2 may lead to catastrophe

The Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen in Germany, on Sept. 7, 2020, as it waits to continue work on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. Russia’s use of outdated vessels to build its controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline could lead to a catastrophe, according to a report by Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service published on April 2.