2023-11-12 14:28 Compiled by United Daily News Lu Silun/Real-time reporting
The Washington Post reported that officials in Ukraine, other European countries and people familiar with covert operations revealed that Colonel Roman Chervinsky, a senior Ukrainian special forces officer with close ties to Ukrainian intelligence agencies, was involved in the Nord Stream gas project last year. Played a key role in the pipe bombing incident.
In September last year, Russia’s No. 1 and No. 2 natural gas pipelines connecting the Baltic Sea to Germany’s Nord Stream exploded, causing a large-scale methane leak. Only one of the four pipelines remained intact, triggering multiple criminal investigations. U.S. and Western officials unanimously set the tone. Attacks on European energy facilities.
Chervinsky is so far the most direct evidence proving that the Ukrainian army was involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream trachea.
Sources pointed out that Chervinsky, 48, served in the Ukrainian special operations forces and was the “coordinator” of Operation Nord Stream Trachea, responsible for the logistics and support of a six-person team. At that time, the team rented a sailboat under false identities to go to the location of the trachea and used deep-sea diving equipment to launch explosives.
Furthermore, Chervinsky was not the mastermind and did not act alone. People familiar with the matter pointed out that Chervinsky also obeyed orders from higher-level officials, and his ultimate boss was the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny.
Not only that, people familiar with the matter said that Operation Nord Stream deliberately bypassed President Volodymyr Zelensky and reported directly to Zaluzny.
In this regard, Chervinsky denied through his lawyer that he was involved in sabotaging the Nord Stream pipeline, and stated in a statement to the Washington Post and Germany’s Der Spiegel that “all speculations about my involvement in attacking the Nord Stream pipeline are caused by Russia.” It is spread by propaganda agencies and has no basis.”
In fact, Ukraine has long complained that the Nord Stream pipeline would allow Russia to bypass the Ukrainian pipeline, causing Ukraine to lose huge amounts of transportation revenue. After the Nord Stream trachea destruction incident, diplomatic relations between the United States and Ukraine became tense, and many U.S. officials even expressed backlash. Therefore, considering the sensitivity of the details, the sources requested anonymity.
Since the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has launched many bold covert operations against the Russian army. However, the attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline involves multiple forces and is related to the energy supply to millions of people in Europe.
The Chinese Post reported that Ukrainian Army Colonel Chervinsky (middle) played a key role in the explosion of the Beixi natural gas pipeline last year. Taken fromX
Gazprom owns 51% of Nord Stream, but Germany, France and the Netherlands have also invested billions of dollars.
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