The intelligence services of USA Did you know Ukraine was planning an attack on the gas pipelines North Stream 1 and 2, which sent natural gas of Russia to Germany. As it has uncoveredThe Washington Post‘, the spy agency of a European ally informed the INC that a six-person team from Ukrainian special operations forces intended to bomb this strategically important pipeline for Europe.
The exclusive of the capital newspaper reveals that in June 2022 Washington had access to evidence linking the Government of Volodimir Zelensky with an act that the American president, Joe Bidendescribed as “deliberate sabotage“. The CIA shared that report—based on a single uncorroborated source—with Germany and other European countries. Three months later, on September 26, a covert attack severely hit that European energy infrastructure, causing massive leaks of greenhouse gases. .
‘The Washington Post’ has had access to that report from the European intelligence services that was leaked on the Discord platform, presumably by the US military Jack Teixeira. The Pentagon Papers published on the internet last April confirm the presence of security forces NATO in Ukraine and address the strategy of the counteroffensive that kyiv intends to launch to recover part of its territory.
Everything points to kyiv
The uncovered report now reveals that behind the attack was a small team of divers reporting directly to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the highest-ranking military officer in the country. Thus, “for almost a year the Western Allies had a basis for suspecting kyiv in sabotage”. It is not the only indication that points to Ukraine. And it is that the version handled by the German Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating the case, suggests that the perpetrators would have used a boat that sailed from the northern town of Rostock to enter in the Baltic Sea and place the explosive charges submarines that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines.
The information published by ‘The Washington Post’ explains that officials from various countries confirmed that the intelligence report leaked on Discord coincided with the warning that that European country – unidentified so as not to “endanger sources and operations” – made to the CIA. Neither the White House, nor kyiv, nor the US intelligence agency have responded to the newspaper’s questions.
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As the newspaper recalls, after the attack, several Biden Administration officials accused Russia of having blown up both gas pipelines to use the strangulation of the flow of energy as a mechanism to threaten and blackmail the countries of the European Union (EU). However, they now “privately acknowledge that there is no evidence conclusively pointing to the involvement of Moscow“.
51% of Nord Stream 1 and 2 is in the hands of Russian state gas company Gazprom, while the rest is held by energy companies from countries such as Germany, France and the Netherlands.