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Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Roman Chervinsky, a colonel in Ukraine’s special operations forces, was integral to the brazen sabotage operation of the Russia-Germany pipeline, say people familiar with the planning.

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[–] wnose@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

"people familiar with the planning"...so the FSB?

[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t buy it. Sounds too much like a scapegoat.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

And even if it were true my reaction would be "so? Sounds like a reasonable thing to do." I would feel that way even if I were German, I think.

[–] pingveno@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Based on what information? A bunch of people on Lemmy have tried to peg this on the US especially but with no evidence. Assumptions are apparently a sufficient stand-in when fingers are pointed at the US.