Explosives found near pipeline in Serbia probably ‘Russian provocation’, says expert

<p>Former Ukrainian major general says 4kg of material was most likely an attempt to influence Hungary’s election</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/hungary-elections-viktor-orban-who-will-win">Hungary elections explainer</a></p></li></ul><p>The amount of explosives discovered in Serbia last week would not have been enough to destroy the Balkan Stream gas pipeline, prompting an expert to conclude it was probably a Russian intelligence plot aimed at influencing Hungary’s impending election.</p><p>A former Ukrainian major general and a munitions specialist told the Guardian calculations made by his company showed <a href="https://www.kurir.rs/vesti/politika/9960615/djuro-jovanic-obracanje-javnosti">the 4kg of explosives</a> recovered by Serbia’s military security agency in Kanjiža could not have seriously ruptured the pipe.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/explosives-serbia-pipeline-likely-russian-provocation-says-military-expert-hungary-ukraine">Continue reading...</a>