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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth

Biden ‘knew of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream’ three months before explosion

The Nord Stream Gas leak off the Swedish coast
The Nord Stream Gas leak off the Swedish coast. The Washington Post report was based on a larger leak of secret documents that was shared by Jack Teixeira. Photograph: Swedish Coast Guard/EPA

The Biden administration received an intelligence report that Ukraine had a plan for an attack on the Nord Stream pipelines three months before an underwater explosion disabled the natural gas link from Russia to Germany, the Washington Post has reported.

A European intelligence service told the CIA that the Ukrainian military was planning an attack using a small team of divers who reported directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, the paper reported.

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