The accusation of “Attack on North Stream” that will create a crisis from the US.
In The Washington Post newspaper, it was claimed that the CIA had access to information that last June, through a European intelligence service, a team of 6 people from the Ukrainian special operations forces planned to sabotage the Nord Stream pipeline, which carries Russian gas to Europe.
Consequently, the Joe Biden administration reportedly learned from a close US ally that the Ukrainian military was planning a covert attack on the underwater network of the Nord Stream pipelines, using a small team of divers reporting directly to the Head of State. Ukrainian major.
The report noted that details of the attack plan were collected by a European intelligence service and shared with the CIA in June 2022.
SHARED REPORT WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING GERMANY
It was claimed that the CIA initially questioned the reliability of the intelligence source, but the European intelligence service believed the source was reliable. It was claimed that the CIA also shared the report with Germany and other European countries.
Intelligence information is claimed to have “revealed some of the clearest evidence to date” linking the attack on Nord Stream in September 2022 to the Ukrainian government.
In the news, which contained extremely technical details about the attack plan, it was noted that “the Western allies had information for about a year to suspect kyiv” of the sabotage.
On news that Air National Guard soldier Jack Teixeira, who allegedly posted the aforementioned European intelligence reports and classified documents pertaining to the US military, on the “Discord” chat platform, the Washington Post received a copy of reports one of Teixeira’s online friends.
The Washington Post wrote that the intelligence summary posted on Discord by officials from several countries confirmed what the European intelligence service had told the CIA, but did not share the name of the European country involved.
The news also shared that the White House and the CIA declined to comment on the matter, as well as Ukrainian officials who previously denied involvement in the Nord Stream attack.
ALLEGED “A SABOTAGE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER 2022”
In March, news in Germany indicated that authorities conducting the investigation revealed evidence that a pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines last year.
The group, consisting of five men and one woman, was claimed to have chartered a yacht using fake passports in Rostock, northern Germany, in September 2022 and sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines.
The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022 caused extensive damage to the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea.
In addition to Germany, institutions in Denmark and Sweden are investigating the sabotage.
WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby, when asked by The Washington Post that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Nord Stream pipeline, responded with intelligence issues. He He replied that he would not speak of it.
Noting that German, Swedish and Danish investigations into the sabotage against Nord Stream are continuing, Kirby said he did not want to comment before the investigations are concluded.
Kirby reiterated that they do not support the Ukrainians attacking Russian territory. (AA)