In September 2022, the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines were blown up. The mainstream media claimed that the Russians had blown them up. This never made any sense–it was a source of income for Russia. There was speculation in some media outlets that in fact the United States was responsible (the claim was that the United States was the only country with the technology to blow up the pipeline). Well, it looks as if the truth might have stumbled out.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Fox News<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n A former\u00a0senior Ukrainian official<\/a>\u00a0was the coordinator of the explosions that ruptured the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines, the Washington Post reported, citing Ukrainian officials and European sources, and in conjunction with German periodical Der Spiegel.<\/strong><\/p>\n Roman Chervinsky, a former commander of one of the Ukrainian special forces units, was the “coordinator of the Nord Stream operation” and managed a\u00a0six-person team that carried out the devastating multibillion-dollar infrastructure attack in September 2022, according to the report.<\/strong><\/p>\n The outlet said Chervinsky and the group of six people rented a\u00a0sailboat under false identities and used deep-sea diving equipment to\u00a0place explosive charges on\u00a0the gas pipelines.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Chervinsky did not act alone and did not plan the operation, but was obeying the orders of\u00a0high-ranking officers<\/a>\u00a0who ultimately answered to Ukraine\u2019s highest-ranking military officer,\u00a0Valery Zaluzhny, the Post said, citing people familiar with his role.<\/strong><\/p>\n That makes sense. Blowing up the pipelines was one way to limit Russia’s income from fossil fuel revenue.<\/p>\n The article also notes:<\/p>\n In February, Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, alleged that U.S. Navy divers laid bombs that\u00a0destroyed the Nord Stream 2<\/a>\u00a0pipeline under a direct order from President Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Seymour Hersh article reminds us that even Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists don’t always get the story right. The article makes no comment on who might have encouraged Ukraine to blow up the pipelines, so it is possible that the United States bears part of the responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In September 2022, the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines were blown up. The mainstream media claimed that the Russians had blown them up. This never made any sense–it was a source of income for Russia. … Continue reading