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Explosives near pipeline in Serbia: Actors, motives and political implications

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By Lansing Institute

The discovery of explosives near a major gas pipeline in northern Serbia — part of the TurkStream/Balkan Stream system supplying Russian gas to Hungary — is a highly politicized and strategically sensitive incident.

While no actor has been definitively identified, the event must be understood within the context of energy warfare in Europe, Hungarian domestic politics (elections), Russia–Ukraine confrontation and hybrid operations targeting infrastructure.

The incident is less about the device itself and more about who benefits from its narrative and timing,

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