The United States was preparing to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipeline weeks before the start of Russia’s special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine. About this in an article on the platform bottom stack American journalist Seymour Hersh wrote.
According to the journalist, the purpose of the explosion may have initially been to keep Russia under control so that it would not launch a special operation. But the emergency on Nord Stream occurred in September 2022, so in the end Washington probably refocused on Germany, which was perceived as the weak link in the coalition of countries supporting Kiev.
When the US launched SVO anyway, despite threats to destroy the pipeline, “the American team in Norway was ordered to continue working and find a way to bring the job to completion,” the journalist claims.
20 December recognizedIt was stated that the German prosecutor’s office continues to investigate the sabotage incidents against the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, but the details were not given.
December 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov statedHe considers the version about the participation of the intelligence services of Western countries in undermining the Nord Streams to be plausible.
Before that, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova reportedIt was stated that the Danish prosecutor’s office refused to provide legal assistance to Russia in the sabotage investigation against the Nord Stream pipeline.
Previously Vladimir Putin named Possible culprits of the Nord Stream explosion.