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How have European gas supply chains changed?

Down the page: when things happened. The cursor below: when we learned them. The gap between the two is the fog of war — the two clocks.

Showing the record as it stood at 2026-07-21 02:10 UTC. Anything the model learned after that moment is withheld — including things that had already happened. Back to now.

9 of 9 rest on one source or none the whole story the split

1. … before 2022-02-22

   Nord Stream 2 had been completed and filled with 300 million cubic meters of gas before Germany canceled the project in February 2022.

   bounded-inferred day thinly corroborated open-ended

   recorded 2026-07-20

2. 2022-02-07 → 2022-02-08

   Several Twitter users shared an ABC News video of President Joe Biden from February 7, 2022, discussing Nord Stream 2 and appeared to link his remarks with damage to the pipelines.

   stated-absolute day thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-20

3. 2022-02-07 → 2022-02-08

   President Joe Biden said that the United States will bring an end to Nord Stream 2.

   stated-absolute day thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-20

4. 2022-02-21 → 2022-02-22

   Russia's recognition of the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent on February 21 prompted the German government's decision to halt Nord Stream 2.

   stated-absolute day thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-20

5. 2022-02-22 → 2022-02-23

   The German government brought the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to an end on February 22.

   stated-absolute day thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-20

6. 2022-08-01 → 2022-09-01

   Nord Stream 1 was not operational at the time of the leak, and gas supply through it was halted in August 2022.

   stated-absolute month thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-20

7. 2022-09-26 → 2022-09-27

   The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines were sabotaged via underwater explosions on September 26, 2022.

   stated-absolute day thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-18

8. 2022-10-01 → 2022-11-01

   Sweden, Denmark, and Germany open separate criminal investigations in October 2022.

   stated-absolute month thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-18

9. 2022-11-01 → 2022-11-02

   Denmark and Sweden said that the leaks in the two Nord Stream pipelines were caused by deliberate acts of sabotage that took place in their respective exclusive economic zones.

   resolved-relative day thinly corroborated

   recorded 2026-07-20