'Suspicious object' is discovered beneath Nord Stream 2 pipeline - with Putin claiming it could be an explosive device and pointing the finger at the US

A ‘suspicious object’ has been discovered beneath the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Black Sea, Danish investigators have said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said a ship rented by Russian energy company Gazprom had found an antenna-like object about 19 miles from where the Nord Stream pipelines exploded last year.

He claimed that the object could be an explosive device as he warned that a new explosion could occur on the pipelines.