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Russia ‘alarmed’ by reports of Ukraine’s role in Nord Stream attack

A gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 pipeline off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark, seen on September 27, 2022, after explosions were detected [Danish Defence Command/Forsvaret Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters]

The Kremlin has expressed “alarm” over a report that senior Ukrainian military officials, acting without their president’s knowledge, coordinated an attack on Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines last year.

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the report, published by The Washington Post, is further evidence of Ukrainian involvement in the attack and said the West should also be concerned over the claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was unaware of the operation.

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