At the time, Denmark's armed forces said video footage showed the largest gas leak created a surface disturbance of roughly 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) in diameter, while the smallest leak caused a circle of approximately 200 meters.The Nord Stream gas pipelines have become a focal point of tensions between Russia and Europe in recent months, with Moscow accused of weaponizing gas supplies in a bid to gain sanctions relief amid its onslaught in Ukraine.Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, said at a conference in Paris last month that it was "very obvious" who was responsible for the gas leaks, Reuters reported.Zakharova emphasized the "enormous investment" that the Kremlin took in the infrastructure project and lashed out at the West for blocking Moscow from taking part in the investigations.Climate scientists acknowledged in the aftermath of the event that it was hard to accurately quantify the exact size of the emissions and said the leaks are a "wee bubble in the ocean" compared with the massive amounts of methane emitted around the world every day."