Kremlin says report on Zelenskiy’s alleged ignorance of Nord Stream attack is ‘alarming’

Reuters: The Kremlin expressed concern over a Washington Post report alleging Ukrainian military involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline attacks. The report claimed that Roman Chervinsky, a high-ranking Ukrainian military officer, coordinated the September 2022 attack, which damaged three of the four Nord Stream lines near Denmark. It suggested President Zelenskiy was unaware of the operation, raising alarms about control within Ukraine’s government. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov highlighted the potential implications of Ukraine’s security agencies acting without presidential knowledge.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosions, initially leading to speculation, including suggestions of Russian self-sabotage, which President Putin called “idiotic.” The U.S. and Europe have been implicated without evidence by Russia, and both deny involvement. The New York Times and Washington Post have reported Ukraine’s potential role, consistently denied by Ukraine. Seymour Hersh, an investigative journalist, claimed U.S. Navy divers were responsible, a report dismissed by Washington.

In a blog post, entitled “How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline”, Hersh said the plan was hatched in 2021 at the highest levels in the United States. The White House said the blog was “utterly false and complete fiction.”

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