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Washington Post: U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline
Three months before saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Biden administration learned from a close ally that the Ukrainian military had planned a covert attack on the undersea network, using a small team of divers who reported directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Details about the plan, which have not been previously reported, were collected by a European intelligence service and shared with the CIA in June 2022.
They provide some of the most specific evidence to date linking the government of Ukraine to the eventual attack in the Baltic Sea, which U.S. and Western officials have called a brazen and dangerous act of sabotage on Europe’s energy infrastructure.
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WNU Editor: Ukraine President Zelensky is denying these reports …. Nord Stream: Zelenskiy rejects claim of Ukraine plot to destroy pipeline (The Guardian/AFP). Moscow is also disregarding these reports …. Russia says West trying to confuse the world over Nord Stream culprits (Reuters).
Washington Post: U.S. Knew Ukraine Was Planning To Attack The Nord Stream Pipeline
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