The USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group entered the Baltic Sea on September 4, 2022<ref>https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3153226/kearsarge-arg-and-22nd-meu-complete-training-with-sweden-and-nato/</ref> the same day NATO began its [[Kharkov offensive]]. On September 26, 2022 NATO naval commandos sabotaged both the Nordstream I and [[Nordstream II]] pipelines in [[Danish]] water off the island of Barnholm, guaranteeing that the German people and others throughout the continent would freeze as [[winter]] approached. A U.S. Navy Boeing P8 Poseidon subhunter was also present over the sight where the sabotage occurred for 2 and 1/2 hours.<ref>https://youtu.be/Jfpw9I01J0o?t=713</ref> The detachment of US Navy ships led by the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge announced the completion of work in the area of the alleged sabotage on gas pipelines.<ref>https://news.usni.org/2022/09/26/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-sept-26-2022</ref> US ships completed their tasks in the Baltic Sea and were spotted heading to the Baltic Straits into the North Sea. | The USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group entered the Baltic Sea on September 4, 2022<ref>https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3153226/kearsarge-arg-and-22nd-meu-complete-training-with-sweden-and-nato/</ref> the same day NATO began its [[Kharkov offensive]]. On September 26, 2022 NATO naval commandos sabotaged both the Nordstream I and [[Nordstream II]] pipelines in [[Danish]] water off the island of Barnholm, guaranteeing that the German people and others throughout the continent would freeze as [[winter]] approached. A U.S. Navy Boeing P8 Poseidon subhunter was also present over the sight where the sabotage occurred for 2 and 1/2 hours.<ref>https://youtu.be/Jfpw9I01J0o?t=713</ref> The detachment of US Navy ships led by the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge announced the completion of work in the area of the alleged sabotage on gas pipelines.<ref>https://news.usni.org/2022/09/26/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-sept-26-2022</ref> US ships completed their tasks in the Baltic Sea and were spotted heading to the Baltic Straits into the North Sea. |