State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing that he continues to believe the US administration’s suspicions of involvement in the explosions at the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines are ludicrous. TASS.
“Reports that the US government had anything to do with the underwater explosions at the Nord Stream pipelines are ridiculous,” he said.
Price pointed out that Germany, Denmark and Sweden are investigating the incident.
“They will report their conclusions during the investigations. “We’re not going to outdo ourselves with what they’ve learned,” Price said.
A State Department spokesperson was also asked whether The New York Times denied a report that a “pro-Ukrainian group” may have sabotaged these pipelines.
“I do not deny anything, I do not accept anything, I do not exclude anything. I am simply saying that we do not approve any messages that have appeared in recent days, do not comment on specific details,” Price replied.
He added that the American side did this while the investigations were ongoing.
Former press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov declarationHe says the American newspaper New York Times and the German publication Zeit’s publications that Ukraine was behind the explosions in Nord Stream last year are a coordinated stuffing to divert attention.
On March 7, the NYT published an article, citing anonymous US officials, stating that a “pro-Ukrainian group” was behind the Nord Stream sabotage, according to US intelligence.
On the same day, the German newspaper Zeit published an article that found that German investigative authorities had “made progress” in their investigation into the September explosions at Nord Stream and that “traces have been found in Ukraine”.