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CIA Knew Ukraine Was Planning To Bomb Nord Stream Pipelines
[ZERO] Several Western media outlets reported Tuesday that the CIA warned Ukraine last year not to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany.In recent months, US and other Western officials speaking to the media have suggested Ukraine was behind the Nord Stream sabotage. Most reports on the issue have ignored or dismissed the fact that journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. According to unnamed US officials speaking to The New York Times, Dutch intelligence officials told the CIA in June 2022 that they learned of a Ukrainian military plot to attack the pipelines. The CIA then warned Ukraine not to carry out the attack, and US officials now believe it was postponed to September 2022. A European official told the Times that Ukraine’s original plan involved Ukrainian special forces renting a submersible vessel to attack the pipelines. The CIA was also said to warn Germany about a potential plot to sabotage Nord Stream. The latest Nord Stream allegations were first reported by the news outlet Die Zeit and NOS, a Dutch broadcaster. They claimed that the Ukrainian plot was overseen by Valery Zaluchny, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied Kyiv was involved in the destruction of the pipelines. "I am president, and I give orders accordingly," he said. "Nothing of the sort has been done by Ukraine. I would never act that way." Related: Nord Stream: 2023-06-14 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 13th, 2023 Nord Stream: 2023-06-07 WaPo: US intel had advance warning of attack on Nord Stream -- by the Ukrainians Nord Stream: 2023-06-07 Who blew the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station? Posted by: Besoeker 2023-06-15 |
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