According to New York Times research, a pro-Ukrainian group is behind the acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines. The newspaper depends on American authorities. But many questions are still open.
There has been speculation on both sides of the Atlantic for months about who was responsible for the acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in September 2022. A New York Times report now sheds light on the case. According to research by the well-known American newspaper, a pro-Ukrainian group would have carried out the attacks. The assessment comes from US government circles based on new intelligence information.
According to the information, little is known about the group so far. They are apparently opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but there is no information about the group’s members or their clients. Likewise, according to the report, there is no evidence that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy or anyone close to him was involved in the operation. Therefore, there is no evidence that the perpetrators acted under the instructions of any representative of the Ukrainian government.
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The paper’s US sources did not say where the intelligence came from, what its nature is or the strength of the base it is based on, the report said. There is no conclusive assessment of this.
wild speculation
The explosions took place in late September 2022 near the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. They opened four leaks on the two Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which lead from Russia to Germany. Nord Stream 1 had already been shut down by the Russian side at the time of the explosions – due to supposed technical problems. According to Kremlin information, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which can still be used despite the damage, has not received approval from the German authorities; the certification process was suspended after the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022.
The incident led to wild speculation about who was responsible – Russia, Kiev, London, Washington? Sweden and Denmark, in whose territorial waters the explosions took place, said they were deliberate. However, they left it open who is behind it.
“Pure Invention”
In early February, US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh caused an uproar when he wrote that the United States itself was behind the attacks. He referred to an anonymous source “with direct knowledge of operational planning”. Under the guise of a NATO exercise, US Navy divers secretly attached a remotely detonated explosive to one of the pipeline’s pipes. Norway was opened. Washington and Oslo promptly dismissed the report as a “fabrication”.
>> The article in the “New York Times”