BREAKING: Russia's Defence Ministry say representatives of a British Navy unit blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. They are calling the incident a "terrorist attack". https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3
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‼️🇷🇺🚢🛢️🇬🇧Russia Mod officialy blamed the British navy personnel blew up Nord Stream gas pipelines‼️ pic.twitter.com/eX6rCc41CH
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I believe it.
Russia doesn’t lie.
Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, a claim that London said was false and designed to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.
Russia did not give evidence for its claim that a leading NATO member had sabotaged critical Russian infrastructure amid the worst crisis in relations between the West and Russia since the depths of the Cold War.
The Russian ministry said that “British specialists” from the same unit directed Ukrainian drone attacks on ships of Russian Black Sea fleet in Crimea earlier on Saturday that it said were largely repelled by Russian forces, with minor damage to a Russian minesweeper.
“According to available information, representatives of this unit of the British Navy took part in the planning, provision and implementation of a terrorist attack in the Baltic Sea on September 26 this year – blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines,” the ministry said.
Britain denied the claim.
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Sweden and Denmark have both concluded that four leaks on Nord Stream 1 and 2 were caused by explosions, but have not said who might be responsible. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called the damage an act of sabotage.
Sweden has ordered additional investigations to be carried out into the damage done to the pipelines, the prosecutor in charge of the case said in a statement on Friday.
The Kremlin has repeatedly said allegations of Russian responsibility for the damage were “stupid” and Russian officials have said Washington had a motive as it wants to sell more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe.
The United States has denied involvement.
It’s obvious that the US is the one calling the shots, but the US telling the UK to bomb the pipes makes plenty of sense. No one said that it was actually the US who physically did it, since the US has the ability to order other countries to do their bidding.
"It's a straight lie and we all know the Russian's did it"
Former senior Royal Navy officer, Rear admiral Chris Parry reacts to Russia's Defence Ministry saying a British Navy unit blew up Nord Stream gas pipelines.https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3
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Putin: “Gas pipeline systems were blown up-they are not only ours, they are pan-European, there are 5 European companies represented in Nord Stream 1….Everyone is silent, as if it should be so. And they still have enough impudence to say that maybe Russia blew it up?” pic.twitter.com/xHjG3Cqqik
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