Russia urges to "clarify the role of the United States", media exposes CIA's early knowledge of the "North Creek" sabotage plan pipeline | North Creek | sabotage
On the 13th, Dutch and other national media reported that three months before the explosion of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline last year, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States had learned through Dutch intelligence agencies that Ukraine had plans to destroy the Nord Stream pipeline and issued a warning to Ukraine based on this information.
A senior Russian diplomat in the United States responded on the 14th that the role of the United States in the North Stream incident needs to be "clarified".
According to the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Agency issued an alert to the CIA in June last year after learning of the destruction of the Nord Stream program through a Ukrainian source. After receiving the alert, the CIA warned Ukraine not to take action.
According to reports, intelligence obtained by the Netherlands indicates that the sabotage plan involves a diving team and a sailboat, led by the Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhne, without the knowledge of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
According to the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation, the above information was obtained from several intelligence sources by the Dutch Broadcasting Corporation in cooperation with German media such as Deutsche Telekom and Time magazine. The report did not disclose the identities of these sources.
In recent months, several American media outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal have exposed that the CIA had prior knowledge of Ukraine's intention to sabotage the North Stream pipeline. However, Ukrainian government officials previously denied any connection between the Ukrainian side and the Beixi incident.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller declined to comment on the above report on the 13th. He said that multiple European governments are conducting investigations into the North Stream incident, and the United States will wait for the results of the investigation.
However, Russian Ambassador to the United States Counselor Andr é Lejenev said on the 14th that the "North Stream" incident requires a "transparent and objective" international investigation, and the role of the United States in it also needs to be "clarified".
"Think about why the West is unwilling to conduct a transparent and objective international investigation with the support of the United Nations Security Council," said Leonev through the account of the Russian Embassy in the United States on the instant messaging software "Telegram"
Last September, the Nord Stream pipeline, which transported natural gas from Russia to Europe via the Baltic Sea, exploded. It is widely believed that this incident was a deliberate act of sabotage. Denmark, Sweden, and Germany each conducted independent investigations. Russia has repeatedly called for a joint investigation and sharing of investigation results, but has been rejected by Western countries.
On February 8th this year, renowned American investigative journalist Seymour Hirsh published an article revealing that the North Creek pipeline system had been secretly damaged by US intelligence agencies and the US military. The US government denies this claim.
On March 7th, The New York Times reported using US intelligence agencies as a source that intelligence showed that the mastermind behind the destruction of the North Stream was a pro Ukrainian organization, and the Ukrainian government may not be aware of it. The Russian side later stated that the claim made by pro Ukrainian groups unrelated to the Ukrainian government that they caused the "North Stream" explosion is baseless and intended to mislead public opinion and divert attention.
Swedish prosecutor Matz Yongquist, who is responsible for investigating the Nord Stream incident, said in April that the investigation showed that the explosives used in the Nord Stream incident were not common, and investigators have determined their type, thus suggesting that the most likely cause of the explosion was "a group initiated by the state.".
On the 14th of this month, Yongkuist said in an interview with Swedish radio that as the investigation deepens, the likelihood of the above hypothesis increases.
Yongquist said that Sweden is cooperating with Germany and hopes to identify the mastermind behind the "Nord Stream" incident before this autumn.
