New information in the New York Times about the Nord Stream attack

The information that the attack on the gas pipelines was going to be carried out by pro-Ukrainian groups comes from American intelligence sources, which The New York Times learned.

According to the information, the involvement of Ukrainian actors cannot be ruled out. But it is not clear who or who was behind the attack or who paid for it. The newspaper wrote that it was most likely about Putin’s opponents.

Don’t participate

According to the information, the vandalism may have been carried out by Ukrainian or Russian citizens, or people from both countries. Ukraine and its allies are seen as benefiting most from the attack on the gas pipelines because they enabled Russia to continue selling gas to Europe, The New York Times writes.

– President Zelensky’s spokesman, Mikhajlo Podoljak, told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday evening that, without a doubt, Ukraine was not involved at all in the attack on the gas pipelines.

He adds that they have no knowledge of what happened.

There is currently no indication of official Russian involvement in the attack. Nor is there any indication that Zelensky or the Ukrainian government should have been involved.

It is unclear how the new intelligence was obtained.

want to investigate

Russia also commented on the data on Tuesday evening.

Russian UN envoy Dmitry Polyansky is now calling on the United Nations to open an international investigation into the incident, reports the Associated Press news agency.

The German government said on Tuesday that it had taken note of the New York Times information, but added that its own investigation had not yet been completed, the Associated Press reported.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (C) does not want to speculate on the new data.

– In Sweden, a preliminary investigation is underway in this matter, so I will not comment now, he said during a press conference on Tuesday evening.