Germany cautious over Nord Stream pipeline attack reports

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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister voiced caution Wednesday over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group was involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last year.

https://apnews.com/article/germany-ukraine-russia-gas-pipeline-attack-nordstream-d267ad7dcff560c9ecaebf4f213e5229?

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A global mystery: What’s known about Nord Stream explosions

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year in the Baltic Sea?

https://apnews.com/article/us-germany-russia-denmark-ukraine-gas-pipeline-attack-nord-stream-2561f98ba6462db700f7609352a28c24

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Conflicting Reports Thicken Nord Stream Bombing Plot

None of the emerging narratives surrounding the Nord Stream pipeline bombing really contradicts Seymour Hersh’s central allegation that Biden authorized the operation.

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/10/nord-stream-pipeline-bombing/?

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Russia Calls for U.N. Investigation of Nord Stream Attack, as Hersh Accuses White House of False Flag

Moscow claims Germany, Denmark, and Sweden are engaged in a U.S.-backed cover-up, as the war to control the narrative — and the evidence — intensifies.

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/25/nord-stream-russia-investigation-seymour-hersh/?

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Biden ‘knew of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream’ three months before explosion

The Biden administration received an intelligence report that Ukraine had a plan for an attack on the Nord Stream pipelines three months before an underwater explosion disabled the natural gas link from Russia to Germany, the Washington Post has reported.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/06/biden-knew-of-plan-to-attack-nord-stream-three-months-before-explosion?

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Nord Stream saboteurs may have used Poland as base of operations, WSJ reports

German investigators are examining why the yacht believed to have been used to carry out the sabotage deviated into Polish waters, Wall Street Journal says.

https://www.politico.eu/article/nord-stream-saboteurs-may-have-used-poland-as-base-of-operations-wsj-reports/

Nord Stream Sabotage: The Evidence So Far

On September 26, Swiss-based Nord Stream AG, the operator of the Nord Stream pipelines, informed Danish authorities of a pressure drop at Nordstream 2 landfalls in Russia and Germany. As early as 13:56 Danish local time, the national shipping authority (Søfartsstyrelsen) issued a navigational warning for a sea area southeast of Bornholm after a leak in the Exclusive Economic Zone was discovered. At that time, a natural cause still seemed possible. However, this assessment changed by the same evening at the latest, when Nord Stream AG again contacted the coastal services to report a pressure drop in Nord Stream 1. It was followed at 20:41 by another warning for shipping, this time from Sweden. About 80 kilometers northeast of the first leak, two more plumes were spotted on the sea surface in the EEZs of Denmark and Sweden. But it would not stop there. Two days later, on Wednesday, September 28, the Swedish Sjöfartsverket finally learned of a fourth leak , only 4.8 kilometers (about 2.6 nm) from the leak site found on the evening of September 26.

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/nord-stream-sabotage-the-evidence-so-far/

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The Searcher

Fishing for Secrets in the Nord Stream Abyss

The skies over the Baltic Sea are a clear blue with just faint ribbons of clouds. It’s May 24 and Erik Andersson eats a bowl of yogurt for breakfast on the deck of the Swedish diving vessel Baltic Explorer. Between bites, the 62-year-old retired engineer and entrepreneur discusses the previous day’s work on his investigation into one of the most significant international crimes in recent history: the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines.

https://theintercept.com/2023/06/28/nord-stream-pipeline-bomb-investigation/?

Edited June 30, 2023 by phkrause

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Germany tells UN: Nord Stream inquiry found subsea explosive traces on yacht

UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (Reuters) - Germany found traces of subsea explosives in samples taken from a yacht that it suspects "may have been used to transport the explosives" to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines, it told the U.N. Security Council in a letter with Sweden and Denmark.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-tells-un-nord-stream-inquiry-found-subsea-explosive-traces-yacht-2023-07-11/?

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The Hunt for the Nord Stream Bombers

A year after the attacks, no one has been charged with the bombing, but mounting evidence points to Ukrainian involvement.

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/27/intercepted-podcast-nord-stream-bombing/?

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Nord Stream Pipeline Arrest

Italian authorities arrested a suspect yesterday in the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions. The arrest—at Germany’s direction—is the first of its kind following the September 2022 attacks.   The suspect is a 49-year-old Ukrainian citizen identified by German prosecutors as Serhii K. He allegedly used a yacht—chartered from a German port using forged documents—to sail with a small crew near a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Divers went roughly 230 to 260 feet underwater to detonate explosives, damaging two of the 23 pipelines built to deliver gas from Russia to Europe. The pipelines were not operational at the time due to sanctions against Russia. Investigators found traces of an explosive material, octogen, on the yacht and at the blast sites.    The suspect will be extradited to Germany, the last of three countries investigating the attack. Germany has issued one other arrest warrant, for a Ukrainian diving instructor identified as Volodymyr Z. The Ukrainian government denies involvement.