Ukraine rejects as ‘nonsense’ alleged role in Nord Stream blasts
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Ukraine yesterday rejected as “absolute nonsense” suggestions it was involved in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which transported Russian gas to Europe via the Baltic Sea. The Wall Street Journal reported late on Wednesday that Ukraine’s then top military commander, Valery Zaluzhny, oversaw the plan to blow up the pipelines in September 2022.
“Ukraine’s involvement in the Nord Stream explosions is absolute nonsense. There was no practical sense in such actions for Ukraine,” Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said. “It is clear that the explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines did not stop the war, did not deter Russian aggression, and did not affect the situation on the front line,” he said.
“Moreover, such an action significantly strengthened Russia’s propaganda capabilities,” he added, suggesting Russia had “direct motives” for carrying out the blasts. Nord Stream’s twin gas pipelines, which ran from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, came under intense scrutiny when Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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