The Washington Post reports,UkraineCol. Roman Chervinsky, a senior Ukrainian special forces officer with close ties to Ukrainian intelligence agencies, played a role in last year’s Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion, officials in other European countries and familiar with covert operations revealed. Key role.
Last September,RussiaThe explosion of the No. 1 and No. 2 natural gas pipelines connecting the Baltic Sea to Germany’s Nord Stream caused a large-scale methane leak. Only one of the four pipelines remained intact, triggering multiple criminal investigations. U.S. and Western officials have unanimously set the tone for a crackdown on European energy facilities. attack incident.
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.
Russo-Ukrainian WarSince the outbreak, 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.
Gazprom owns 51% of Nord Stream, but Germany, France and the Netherlands have also invested billions of dollars.
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2023-11-12 06:28:42
