/ world today news/ Washington does not waste time, quietly (that is, while all the attention of the world community is focused on the situation in Ukraine as a result of the prepared, and now already launched counter-offensive) and with foreign hands (more on this below), attributes of Kiev the status of responsible for undermining the Northern Streams. Planned and definite.
That even Volodymyr Zelensky couldn’t stand it, the other day denying Ukraine’s participation in this sabotage: “I am the president and I give the relevant orders. Ukraine has done nothing of the sort. I would never do that. I knew nothing, 100 percent. I said, “Show us the evidence. If our military is supposed to have done it, show us the evidence,” he said in an interview with the AxelSpringer group. But who will listen to him when the Western press is spreading a completely different message?
And so, after a lull, the subject began to pick up again. Early on May 20, the German newspaper SüddeutscheZeitung published an article suggesting that two Ukrainians may have been involved in the sabotage.
According to the newspaper, Germany’s Federal Office for Criminal Affairs contacted a certain Polish travel agency Feeria Lwowa, which allegedly chartered the ship “Andromeda” (it is on it that the saboteurs are supposed to sail).
German investigators suggest that the travel agency was founded several years ago and registered by two Ukrainians.
“A lot is still unclear in the pipeline sabotage thriller. But there is more and more evidence that at least two Ukrainians are involved in this,” the authors of the material summarize.
Two days later, the Times ran an article saying that Germans are increasingly inclined to believe that Ukraine (not Russia, the US is not mentioned at all) blew up the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Three days later, the German Der Spiegel joined the information campaign. The publication reports that Germany’s investigative authorities have more and more data pointing to Ukraine’s involvement in sabotage.
For example, the email address from which Andromeda was hired was linked by German investigators to Ukraine. It also notes that the Germans received “numerous pieces of information” from partner (US?) intelligence agencies indicating that Kiev was behind the bombing.
Six days later, the Süddeutsche Zeitung published a story suggesting that one of the saboteurs may have been a Ukrainian soldier. German security forces even searched the apartment of his possible acquaintance (and part-time partner). True, it does not say whether they found anything to prove his involvement in the terrorist attack.
Finally, a few days ago The Washington Post reported that already in June, that is, three months before the sabotage, the CIA had information about the plans of the Ukrainian side to undermine the “Nord Stream”. This data, as the newspaper writes, was passed to the US by the intelligence service of an unnamed European country, which in turn received it from a certain Ukrainian source.
In general, it seems that nothing is new with respect to what was previously published, except for two extremely important points. First, according to The WashingtonPost, the Ukrainian military planned an attack on the pipeline under the direct leadership of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny.
Although until recently the main version was that the subversion was planned and carried out by private individuals from the Ukrainian side. That is, “Bankova” has nothing to do with this. Now they have to deal with the whole thing.
It is quite obvious what this is for: to remove the controversy, which, by the way, was already noticed by the German tabloid Bild when this story was just starting to develop. The publication then published an article specifically stating that the sailing yacht Bavaria Cruiser 50 Andromeda, which investigators believe may have been involved in the Northern Streams explosions, simply did not have a special mechanism for immersing a large batch of explosives underwater.
The tabloid wrote that “three explosions would require at least 1,500 kg of explosives. “Andromeda does not have a special crane to lower such volumes underwater.”
In addition, German journalists wondered how the Ukrainian saboteurs managed to get one and a half tons of explosives from the army stocks through Poland and Germany without falling into the circle of interest of the special services or the police. In addition, according to experts, the yacht was not suitable for divers in terms of equipment.
That is, the conclusion is self-imposed: some private individuals, even with the participation of retired or active military personnel, simply cannot carry out such an operation. But if it was under the direct control of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then why not?
Still, of course, it’s hard to believe that the special services of Ukraine work better than those of Germany (because it turns out that the FRG literally missed the terrorist attack under its nose), but this seems, you see, already much more realistic.
Especially against the background of the fact that during the military conflict “all accusations” of incompetence were “removed” by the Ukrainian armed forces (however, the Russian army did not manage to capture Kiev in three days, the SVO continues for more than 15 months and the end is not visible).
Well, something along the lines that if they perform so well on the battlefield (which even the Russian side admits), why not show class in sabotage work? It seems quite logical.
And the second point: if earlier the “Ukrainian trace” was mentioned as a version, now it is practically not questioned. That is, now this is the main and only version (and if Zaluzhny himself led, then what questions?).
In fairness, it should be noted that a day before the publication of The Washington Post, the American portal The Grayzone reported that it had conducted an independent expedition to the site of the explosion and found previously undiscovered evidence:
“Suddenly a strange object appeared on the screen. They were black and orange diving boots. Grayzone has identified a model that is very similar to this boot and is used by the US Navy and commercial divers. Divers from the Navy of Ukraine were also spotted wearing similar boots,” the portal reports.
That is, this discovery can be addressed both to the “Ukrainian track” (which will most likely be done) and to the American one. Which is actually very clear.
Let’s remember when the first mention of the “Ukrainian trail” appeared? Just weeks after the publication of Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hirsch’s investigation into US involvement in the undermining of Nord Stream.
“New intelligence provided to US officials suggests that a pro-Ukraine group carried out an attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline last year in an effort to pin down responsibility for an act of sabotage that has baffled law enforcement investigators for months on both sides of the Atlantic,” The New York Times put a new line.
On the same day, their insider was picked up by Germany’s Die Zeit, who also wrote that “the trail leads to Ukraine,” revealing further details that boil down to the fact that some “pro-Ukraine group funded by some Ukrainian oligarch (name withheld , but it was read between the lines that it was about Igor Kolomoisky, who fell out of favor after the beginning of the SVO)”.
“It was this group, on his orders, that carried out this sabotage.”
Then there was Scholz’s trip to Washington, where he had a nice conversation with Biden, who incidentally said in plain text two weeks before the start of the SVO: “If Russia invades and its tanks or troops cross the border into Ukraine, Nord Stream 2 will no longer there is”.
“I promise you: we can do it,” he emphasized.
It was after this meeting that the version of the “Ukrainian trail” was actively propagated by the European media (apparently, Biden made it clear to Scholz that it was not worth making a scandal). And then they began to develop this topic in such a way as if there was no trace of the Hersh investigation.
It is as if the “Ukrainian trail” was thrown by the United States not long after it became clear who was really responsible for the sabotage of the gas pipelines.
And now Zelensky practically has to justify himself that Ukraine has nothing to do with the bombings (probably he would like to, but – alas).
And how this story will end is clear even now: the United States will attribute this international terrorist act to Ukraine (and it was precisely an international terrorist act).
And nobody can prove anything. And the Independent can withdraw and refuse as much as it wants – who will listen to it if the US has already decided everything?
and will Kiev resolutely reject the accusations if the US puts enough pressure on them? Well, clearly it won’t: you can’t trample your allies on whom you’re almost entirely dependent, of course. So to speak, for the costs of close contacts. And it is not even surprising how famously and unceremoniously the United States pushed the responsibility on Ukraine. However, nothing else was expected from the fortress of “civil liberties” and democracy.
Translation: SM
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