Diplomatic tensions continue after the bombing of four ships of the Russian fleet in the port of Sevastopol, and increasingly involve alleged outside influences in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Indeed, according to Interfax reports, the Kremlin accuses “British military specialists” of not only orchestrating the attack on the Black Sea, but also “directing and coordinating” the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which took place there at the end of September. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Moscow government, speaks of the relevant “evidence” lying in the hands of their “secret services”. “These actions must not be allowed to pass. Of course we will think about our next steps, there is no doubt about that. There is no other way,” said Peskov, quoted by Tass. According to him, the sabotage of the pipeline constitutes “a terrorist attack on critical energy infrastructure, which is not Russian, but international infrastructure.” A spokesman for the new British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, sharply rejected these allegations, calling them a “manual for distraction from reality”. Response following the response offered by the Secretary of State yesterday, James Clever, who accused Moscow of “detaching itself more and more from reality” and only wanting to “distract” from its alleged “failures on the battlefield”. Affirmations that have not made the Kremlin give up, which, alongside the veiled threat to “evaluate next steps”, has announced that it expects “Europe will not remain silent on the measures it claims”. the UK would have taken.
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