The Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up by Ukraine / Article

“The Wall Street Journal” bases its investigation on the oral testimony of anonymous Ukrainian officials. They say that the operation to blow up the gas pipeline was approved by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

The media reports that the operation cost more than 300,000 US dollars and was led by a Ukrainian general with experience in special operations. It is said that he was under the direct authority of the head of the army at the time Valery Zaluzhny.

The newspaper reports that the Ukrainian president initially verbally agreed to the operation plan, but when the US Central Intelligence Agency asked to drop the operation, Zelenskyi gave the order to stop put on, but Zaluzhnyi did not notice the president’s order.

“The Wall Street Journal” says that all agreements were verbal so that they did not leave any evidence.

“The Wall Street Journal” also said that the four high-ranking officials who were involved in planning the operation or who knew about it indicated that the pipes were a legitimate war target in the fight against Ukraine against Russian aggression.

“The Wall Street Journal” also wrote in September 2022, that the members of the work rented the pleasure yacht “Andromeda” in the German port city of Rostock. According to Ukrainian officials and people close to the German investigation, the yacht was registered with the help of a Polish travel agency. The group was created almost ten years ago by the Ukrainian intelligence services to hide financial activities.

At the sabotage point, divers worked in pairs and placed bombs deep. “Working in the dark in freezing water, they were working with high-explosive HMX, which were attached to time destroyers. A small amount of explosive would have been enough to break the high-pressure pipes, ” said the newspaper.

“The Wall Street Journal” also claims that the workers considered the possibility of suspending the work due to bad weather, but the storm subsided quickly.

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