Ukraine denied this Wednesday having no relation to the acts of sabotage against the Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 which took place last September.
In a message on his Twitter account, the adviser to the Ukrainian Presidency, Mikhailo Podoliakfurther denied that kyiv had any information about the “pro-Ukrainian groups” those who have been held responsible for these attacks.
“While I enjoy collecting hilarious conspiracy theories about the Ukrainian government, I have to say: Ukraine has nothing to do with the Baltic Sea mishap and has no information on ‘pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups’‘” Volodimir Zelensky’s adviser said.
“What happened to the Nord Stream pipes? ‘They sank’, as they say in the Russian Federation itself”, added the adviser to the Ukrainian president.
The newspaper The New York Times assured this Tuesday that a pro-Ukrainian group could be behind the acts of sabotage against Russian gas pipelines.
“New intelligence data reviewed by US officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year,” the newspaper said, stressing that, according to these officials, there is no evidence that President Zelensky or his closest aides were involved in the operation.
Also came the version via The Washington Postwhich notes that “the United States and Europe have not intercepted communications from Russian or Ukrainian officials claiming responsibility for the attack or suggesting that they are trying to cover up the involvement of their governments”, which suggests groups that could have acted alone.
At the time of the sabotage, Moscow accused English-speaking countries” behind, alluding to the opposition to the project that Washington has maintained for years -because it supposedly generates European dependence on Russian gas-, while some Western countries have pointed in the opposite direction.
The attacks against the gas pipelines, which were not in service, caused two leaks in each of them, two in the Danish zone and two in the Swedish zone, all in international waters.
The three main leaks were terminated at the beginning of October, when stable pressure was reached in the pipes, but the smallest one remained active for a few more days.
(With information from EFE)
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