[Regnum] American journalist Seymour Hersh| ...often wrong, always certain — he’s been trying to recapture the feeling since his first big story broke. And he hates America, so that’s a plus for his followers... |
In his opinion, the initial goal could have been to contain Russia, but the date of September 2022 suggests that the sabotage was probably reoriented against Germany, which was considered a “weak link” in the coalition supporting Ukraine.
Hersh believes that the United States, weeks before the start of the special operation, ordered the American team in Norway to continue working and find a way to bring it to completion.
The journalist claims that the sabotage was prepared for the end of May, but US President Joe Biden postponed it without explanation.
“Biden’s order came at the end of September. Three of four pipeline branches were destroyed after explosive devices were detonated by a low-frequency sonar device,” Seymour Hersh wrote.
He also suggested that Biden's timing was aimed at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
According to intelligence sources, the head of the White House feared that Scholz, whose voters were hesitant in supporting Kiev, could “slack” before the approaching winter and he decided that keeping his people warm and his industry prosperous was more important than helping Ukraine in fight against Russia.
As Regnum reported, the situation in European countries is heating up, this time due to the intention of the Ukrainian authorities to turn off the “gas tap” from Russia. This means that Europeans will inevitably face many problems.
Kyiv will not renew the agreement on the transit of Russian gas to Europe, which expires at the end of 2024. The head of the Ukrainian company Naftogaz, Alexey Chernyshov, announced this on October 29.
The transit contract between Russia and Ukraine concluded in 2019 is valid until December 31, 2024. Currently, gas transits through Ukraine to the states of Eastern Europe, primarily to Slovakia, Hungary and Austria.
Earlier, the head of the German Wintershall Dea, Mario Mehren, said that stopping the transit of Russian gas to Europe through the territory of Ukraine would at least lead to an increase in gas prices. There are still a number of countries in Europe that receive significant volumes of gas from Russia, he recalled.
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