Senior Ukrainian official coordinated Nord Stream pipeline assault: report

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A former senior Ukrainian official was the coordinator of the explosions that ruptured the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pure fuel pipelines, the Washington Put up reported, citing Ukrainian officers and European sources, and along with German periodical Der Spiegel.

Roman Chervinsky, a former commander of one of many Ukrainian particular forces items, was the “coordinator of the Nord Stream operation” and managed a six-person crew that carried out the devastating multibillion-dollar infrastructure assault in September 2022, in accordance with the report.

The outlet stated Chervinsky and the group of six individuals rented a sailboat below false identities and used deep-sea diving gear to place explosive expenses on the fuel pipelines. 

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Chervinsky didn’t act alone and didn’t plan the operation, however was obeying the orders of high-ranking officers who finally answered to Ukraine’s highest-ranking navy officer, Valery Zaluzhny, the Put up stated, citing individuals acquainted with his position.

NORD STREAM EXPLOSION, LEAK AN ‘ACT OF SABOTAGE,’ WHITE HOUSE ADVISER KIRBY SAYS

Pure fuel emanates from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline within the Baltic Sea, Sept. 27, 2022.  (Swedish Coast Guard through Getty Photos/File)

Chervinsky, in a written assertion to the Washington Put up, denied his involvement in the Nord Streams sabotage.

“All speculations about my involvement within the assault on Nord Stream are being unfold by Russian propaganda with none foundation,” Chervinsky stated.

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Pure fuel emanates from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline within the Baltic Sea, Sept. 28, 2022.  (Swedish Coast Guard through AP/File)

Because the Sept. 26, 2022, explosion, rumors have swirled round who was chargeable for the sabotage of the Nord Streams — with individuals fast to level fingers to Washington, Kyiv or Moscow.

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In February, Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, alleged that U.S. Navy divers laid bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline below a direct order from President Joe Biden. 

Seymour Hersh reported the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up in a covert operation licensed by President Joe Biden. (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Put up through Getty Photos/File)

Nationwide Safety Council (NSC) spokesperson John Kirby repeatedly denied the USA was concerned within the explosions following Hersh’s reporting.

“It’s a very false story. There is no such thing as a reality to it, Shannon,” Kirby informed host Shannon Bream, on “Fox Information Sunday” in February. “Not a shred of it. It’s not true. The US, and no proxies of the USA, had something to do with that, nothing.”

The White Home, the CIA and the NSC all stated that Hersh’s report was “completely false and full fiction.”

Fuel seen leaking into the Baltic Sea after Nord Stream was suspected of sabotage.  (Getty Photos/File)

Following the sabotage, Russia referred to as for the United Nations to analyze the sabotage. 

In a joint letter to council members within the UN, Denmark, Sweden and Germany reiterated that acts of sabotage in opposition to the pipelines had been “unacceptable, endanger worldwide safety and provides trigger for our deep concern.”

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Issues concerning the oblique results on greenhouse fuel emissions are “substantial and worrisome,” the letter stated.

The Nationwide Safety Council didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

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