At Russia’s request, the UN Security Council will convene a meeting on Friday to discuss the apparent attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that caused Russian to begin pouring into the Baltic Sea.
“Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council due to subversive acts against Nord Stream’s two lines,” Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the UN, wrote on Telegram.
Moscow has rejected claims from Ukraine and some Western officials that it was behind the attack on the pipelines that Russia has invested billions in building. Suspicion has fallen on the US for the blasts after Radek Sikorski, a Polish member of European Parliament and Russia hawk, thanked the US for the incident on Twitter.
The Biden administration has not offered an official denial, but an unnamed senior military official said the US military was “absolutely not involved” in the incident.
Russia has demanded an answer from President Biden as to whether the US was responsible or not because of earlier threatening comments against Nord Stream 2. Back in February, Biden said that if Russia invaded Ukraine, the US would “bring an end” to the pipeline.
Construction of Nord Stream 2 was completed last year, but it was never brought online as Germany suspended the project around the time Russia invaded. Russia recently suspended deliveries through Nord Stream 1 indefinitely, citing issues caused by Western sanctions.
Two leaks were discovered in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, while one was found in Nord Stream 2. While both pipelines were not delivering gas to Europe at the time of the incident, they contained gas under pressure.
Over the years, the US worked hard to oppose Nord Stream 2 by imposing sanctions but ultimately failed to stop its construction. It was always possible that the pipeline could have been brought online if relations between Europe and Russia were repaired, but the damage to both pipelines will be very difficult to repair.
The other logical suspect would be the Ukrainians. Were these pipes proud of the sea bed? Would an easily available sonar/fish finder spot them? Probably no need to Scuba just dangle a magnetic mine off the boat on the right length of rope and it blows on contact or when it is close to a large lump of steel.
it really would be that easy
At that depth, if it was that easy, the list of suspects would be incredibly large as that is a highly transited international maritime corridor. IMO.
This is a blatant act of war by the Americans
Must be nice to have all the supporting evidence for this accusation.
DJ:
You may or may not be aware of the sordid history of US involvement in all sorts of unscrupulous acts, in many places around the world. When time allows, check out any (and all) books and articles by William Blum.
We are back in Africa (as it we left), sending truth, justice, democracy, the American way, with more than 800 bases around the world doing the same. It just warms the heart. /s
The U.S. is the biggest threat to world peace.
Like you telling everyone repeatedly that Russia has been threatening to nuke Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion?
“Back in February, Biden said that if Russia invaded Ukraine, the US would “bring an end” to the pipeline.”
A pretty good starting point.
Especially when the guy making the statement has a recent history of not being able to control what comes out of his orifice.
Biden said we had the means to put an end to gas going through the pipeline. Get it?
It’s like pulling a rabbit out of a hat… It’s too easy.
A blatant act of war against Germany…an ally. Germany, which has been occupied spatially and mentally by the US since the end of WWII, has not got the nouse to do anything. The German people, otoh, need to rise up and revolt and kick out the present gov’t AND tell Brussels to shove it where the sun don’t shine.
Ukraine was always a gas market war between the US and Russia. We may now see more attacks on fossil fuel use, which is ultimately indefensible militarily and morally, at least at the extraordinary level it is currently relied on.
Retribution comes in many forms. Fiber optic cables to other pipelines, there are so many options.
However, in the near term America has just condemned Germany to cold showers and freezing homes for the winter.
When General Winter bites and the people revolt there will not be one safe place in Germany for an American.
Those are all valid points and their vendetta will sting. But as I recall the Baltic Pipeline from Norway was activated to carry gas to Poland shortly after.
Yes, economic warfare
American special ops personnel did not get their hands dirty in the operation, but you can bet your bottom dollar we offered a little “help”.
Look no further than to London and the new Hawk PM.
Morgentau Plan for Germany slowly being out in place. German economy was the envy of Eurpope. Industriall exports, hundreds of inverstmnents in Russia and China, transcontinental rsilway bringing goods from China to lsnd port in Duisburg increasing year on year. Strong links with Chinese economy insured German’s trade surplus year after year. The threat of German-Russian-Chinese economic strength, and German leading role in EU — is the reason fior what we see.
Provoking war, forcing Russia to intervene, was an easy part, All it took was a systemic and iovert oppressiin of Russian speaking population. Some intensified shelling of Donbas was an insurance policy — Russia had to intervene.
While bringing Russian economy to its knees was the
stated obective — the most immediiate objective was the degradation of German economy. Bioth US and UK establishment is on board. Just how bad will Germany suffer — it depends. If population accepts the pain, there will be further degradations. The objective is to bring a balance in European affairs between France and
Germany.
However there are always unintended consequences. We cannot predict yet the consequences of the sabotage. It will take time. For Germany tgere is no way back to prosperity. Poland lies between its prosperity and demise.
Hope US and UK are not steering Germany into a war with Russia. To stay on sidelines and reap reqards in the end.
Does Bianca think that the Maidan coup plotters, Obama, Clinton, Nuland, Piatt, saw their 2014 coup as aimed at target Germany or only Russia or as a way to wreck them both, at the time they planned and executed their coup…??????
And what will that accomplish?
The UNSC is a toothless tiger ANY adverse finding against ANY of the NATIONS which hold VETO powers will be VETOED. And that will be that.
https://www.indianpunchline.com/attack-on-nord-stream-kills-prospects-for-dialogue-in-ukraine/
Prospects for Dialogue might be killed. Authored by MK Bhadrakumar.
The idea that Russia did this is so incredibly brain dead. If you accuse america of doing it, people jump out of the woodworks crying “where is your evidence!?”. But they are suspiciously quite when the accusations are leveled against Russia instead.
Given the lack of evidence, lets look at the incentives instead. America has always been against the pipeline and Russia has always been for it. America has already spent billions in trying to prevent it’s construction, and Russia has spent billions in making it.
Does it make any sense for Russia to spend billions making a pipeline only to intentionally destroy it?
Biden and Nuland have been threatening the pipelines for years, and it’s no coincidence that Poland just announced that it’s opening a Norway-Europe pipeline, and US LNG providers are salivating over now having a grip on the European energy market. The Russians didn’t have to blow up their own pipeline to stop the gas flow to Europe — they could have just turned off the taps, wait for the war to be over, and restart the flow. But the US not only wanted to permanently obstruct Russian gas from reaching Europe, it wanted to de-industrialize Germany and eliminate it as a major competitor. Germany projects an 8% fall in productivity next year. Mission accomplished.
Makes too much sense.
That’s one way to keep Germany down.