Kremlin says explosives found near pipeline carrying Russian gas to Hungary posed a real danger

MOSCOW, April 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that explosives found near a gas pipeline in Serbia which carries Russian gas to Hungary were potentially very dangerous and said it hoped Budapest and Belgrade would act to minimise the threat.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban convened an emergency defence council on Sunday after explosives were found near the TurkStream pipeline in Serbia. Orban said Ukraine had for years sought to cut Europe off from Russian energy, though he didn't directly blame Kyiv for the incident. Ukraine's foreign ministry rejected any attempt to link it to the explosive.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was so far unclear who was behind the incident, but said that Russia knew Ukraine had carried out acts of sabotage on critical infrastructure in the past and said it was highly likely that evidence linking the incident to Ukraine would be uncovered.