US behind Nord Stream sabotage – legendary NYT journalist

The Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed last September by the US in a covert operation, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. The legendary reporter made the bombshell revelation in an article posted to his newly launched blog on Substack on Wednesday.

The explosives were planted at the pipelines back in June 2022 by US Navy divers under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise, Hersh reported, citing a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning.

The journalist noted that he had reached out to the White House and CIA for comment, with both firmly rejecting the claim that the US “took out” the pipelines as “utterly false.”

The bombs were detonated three months later on September 26 with a remote signal sent by a sonar buoy. The buoy was dropped near the Nord Stream pipelines by a Norwegian Navy P8 surveillance plane, according to the report. Map 1 By FactsWithoutBias1 - Own workEmpty map of Europe.svgBornholm blank map.svgNord Stream Anschlag.pngNord Stream gasbideak.jpgBenelux (orthographic projection).svghttps://www.berria.eus/albisteak/218737/berlinek-eta-moskuk-laquosabotajetzatraquo-jo-dituzte-nord-streameko-isuriak.htmLicense CC-By-SA 4.0: https://www.berria.eus/lizentzia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123815212.. Map 2 By Samuel Bailey (sam.bailus@gmail.com) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8454588... Pipe picture By © Pedant01, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94087891