The Washington Post published a report on Saturday that alleged a senior Ukrainian military officer directed the sabotage attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany, which blew up on September 26, 2022.
The Post’s anonymous sources claimed Col. Roman Chervinsky, who is currently in jail over an unrelated case, was the “coordinator” of the attack. The report said Chervinsky managed “logistics and support for a six-person team that rented a sailboat under false identities and used deep-sea diving equipment to place explosive charges on the gas pipelines.”
For his part, Chervinsky has denied the allegations. “All speculations about my involvement in the attack on Nord Stream are being spread by Russian propaganda without any basis,” he said in a written statement.
The Post did not mention Seymour Hersh’s report on the Nord Stream bombings, which alleges the operation was ordered by President Biden and carried out by US Navy divers in coordination with Norway.
While Hersh’s report has not been confirmed, the US had a clear motive to bomb the pipelines. For years, the US worked against Nord Stream 2 using sanctions, and President Biden vowed to “bring an end” to the pipeline if Russia invaded Ukraine. Victoria Nuland, the current acting deputy secretary of state, made similar threatening comments.
After the pipeline bombings, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the incident was a “tremendous opportunity” to reduce Europe’s reliance on Russian gas.
The Post report said Chervinsky did not plan the Nord Stream bombings and that he took orders from senior officials who ultimately reported to Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny. The anonymous sources said President Volodymyr Zelensky was purposely kept out of the loop.
Chervinsky is currently in jail over an operation he was involved in that was meant to lure a Russian pilot to defect to Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities allege that Cherbinsky acted on his own and gave away coordinates that led to a Russian strike on an airfield that killed one Ukrainian soldier and wounded 17 more.
Chervinsky insists he was working under orders to recruit the Russian pilot and denies responsibility for the Russian strike, saying his arrest is political due to his criticism of Zelensky. He has publicly said he suspects Andriy Yermak, one of Zelensky’s top aides, is spying for Russia.
The “six people in a rented sailboat” story is ridiculous. The logistics, technical diving, timing, etc. all require much more in terms of personnel, equipment and other resources, not to mention planning and security. It almost certainly did not happen that way.
Another one of the “let’s see how ridiculous a claim we can make and be printed up in the legacy media” examples … but they have no shame, of course.
Eh, just more lies. Seymour Hersh got the story right, as he always does. Why even bother repeating this BS?
I’m glad you are not a judge. You had the entire thing figured out without any evidence. Seymour Hersh does not mean evidence.
Seymour Hersh = sad hack
What a sad comment on a titan of expose’ journalism who outed many of most egregious government crimes & coverups in the last half of the twentieth century!!!!!!!!!! From an arational stinker. Nobody
It IS a sad comment on Hersh. He WAS a titan of investigative journalism. Dementia, maybe?
U.S. apologists like these can’t accept the truth, so here they spew irrelevant personal attacks on Hersh. Really lame, but that’s all they’ve got.
So you can watch the stupid propaganda in real time.
The longest retraction the New York Times ever published was of Seymour Hersh’s reporting on the Chile coup.
That’s either a less-than-honest or less-than-adequately-informed post, Mr. Knapp.
The subject of the retraction was the assertion that the US ambassador knew about the CIA scheme, not Hersh’s reporting about the scheme itself. And the retraction was published as part of a deal: it was “traded” for documents for the book Hersh was working on.
And we still don’t know with certainty whether the ambassador knew or not, whether Hersh was correct or not.
Nothing about the referenced issue raises serious questions about Sy Hersh’s investigative reporting.
I agree … this was actually Hersh’s heyday and one of his most important reportings …
But the MSM does this all the time: pick on and poke holes in accurate and important main threads, all in service to the powers that be.
One of the worst examples of that was the CIA/Contra/Cocaine stories of Gary Webb, who after he was shamefully disowned by the legacy media and his own paper later committed suicide.
Yup, they ruined Webb’s career and reputation and almost certainly drove him to kill himself. And they’ve been on a mission to discredit Hersh for a long time.
He didn’t kill himself, that was a lie. He had 2 bullet wounds in his head, suicide wasn’t even possible. I could see why he’d want to after what they did to him, “they” not only being the CIA, but also his own paper, the San Jose Mercury News.
It might have been a lie, but I think that’s not likely. The circumstances of his death had all the earmarks of a suicide. The coroner explained the two shots in a credible way. And it’s unlikely that the county coroner and the local law enforcement authorities were engaged a conspiracy to kill a reporter.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-16-et-webb16-story.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20080507054818/http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/story/11772749p-12657577c.html
Whatever, it’s pointless to argue about this detail. The important things are that Webb got the story right, and that it was censored by the San Jose Mercury News at the behest of the CIA. We agree on that, right?
We agree, although I don’t think we can prove that the CIA directly instructed/coerced/intimidated the Merc.
Trying to prove that would be a fool’s errand. You can almost never prove what the CIA does, it’s a secret organization comprised of professional liars. Additionally, I thought that the CIA openly contacted the Mercury News about this, but I’m not positive.
google = Webb was found dead in his Carmichael home on December 10, 2004, with two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was ruled a suicide by the Sacramento County coroner’s office.
“While Hersh’s report has not been confirmed.” Not fair. How many times does Tweety Bird has to confirm that he “taw a Putty Tat?” I believed him the first time, didn’t you?
Biden first gave us his threat to do it, then after it was done, his witch Nuland gloats “it’s just a piece of junk on the bottom of the sea,” & Biden denies doing It. Is Biden talking out of both sides of his mouth like the weasel he is….????
Chervinsky comes off as a complete nut case just saying his alleged involvement is Russian propaganda. That’s ridiculous on several levels. Maybe he thinks it will get him out of jail sooner for criticizing the Ukrainian Messiah.
Someone may want to assassinate him there.
he will probably commit suicide while under constant observation.
America a is throwing Col. Roman Chervinsky, under the bus. When Russia wins an unconditional surrender of Ukraine he will face far harsher treatment for his involvement in the Nord Stream destruction.
Who else will fall to a Nuremberg style trail after Russia wins the war?
Zelensky, Budanov, and Zaluzhnyi will likely go to the gallows along with other the leaders of AZOV and Ukrainian SBU.
Blah, blah, blah. Ukraine will unconditionally surrender! Hahaha. Tough talk when the Ukes are advancing on the left bank of the Dnipro!
Ukraine will defeat Russia, is that the idea you’re promoting? Highly unlikely.
“Defeat” is a relative term. What is in evidence is that there is currently a beachhead established on the left bank of the Dnipro that has significant numbers of Ukrainian troops. This is a tactical advance — not necessarily a strategic advance…yet.
and your source is….?
Do the work yourself. (You might want to start with the Russian mil-bloggers on Telegram.)
When a thousand Russian missiles turn the lights out in Ukraine for the winter lets wee how long they last.
The troops on the left bank of the Dnipro are FAB 500 pinatas for Russian Aviation units now.
“When a thousand Russian missiles turn the lights out in Ukraine for the winter lets wee how long they last.”
They didn’t do it last winter but this year is their year! Hahaha. Tool!
“The troops on the left bank of the Dnipro are FAB 500 pinatas for Russian Aviation units now.”
Same. The Russians haven’t done it yet. What? Do they have a secret FAB plan? Toolbag!
Hubris and deranged racism and Russophobia appear to be your personality disorder.
A dispassionate assessment of the situation on the front line will show a net loss of Ukrainian troops in this sad war of attrition which Ukraine is losing. They are running out of men to draft and now are drafting women.
Some headlines: “There are already 18 military Ukrainian personnel in captivity from the heel on the left bank of the Kherson region from one nights operation”.
Then in the Avdeevskoe direction Situation at 19:00 .
Today Russian army has made significant progress and improved its positions on the southern and northern flanks.
On the northern flank, the assault on Stepovoy (Petrovsky) and the expansion of the control zone north of Stepovoy to the west of the railway continue.
On the southern flank today there is an intensive advance in the long-suffering industrial zone, which as of tonight is 80 percent under our control. (NGP RaZVedka threw cold water in this claim, saying it’s
less than 50%)
The situation in the Avdeevsky direction is getting worse for the enemy every day. Supply is almost completely under our fire control.
Our army is extremely intensively supported by the Aerospace Forces; today more than 30 FABs hit enemy fortifications. MLRS and heavy artillery work almost non-stop.
“Hubris and deranged racism and Russophobia appear to be your personality disorder.”
Nope. I have no hate for the Russian people that didn’t invade Ukraine or don’t support the invasion. The ones that did or do support it? Yes, I do. (I’m firmly in the camp of f**k around and find out.)
“They are running out of men to draft and now are drafting women.”
Looks like it’s happening to Russia as well.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/snipers-or-drone-operators-russian-army-reportedly-recruits-women-into-its-ranks/ar-AA1iIUJb
“Some headlines: “There are already 18 military Ukrainian personnel in captivity…”
From what sources are these “headlines”?
Avdeevskoe & Stepovoy appear to be the Russian spelling of those places. Perhaps alternative sources would show you what’s ACTUALLY going on in this war.
“(I’m firmly in the camp of f**k around and find out.)”
Logically then after the US and NATO promised not to expand NATO “One Inch” past East Germany they went and expanded to 13 more countries and were prepping Ukraine and Georgia for membership.
So Joey Biden and the NEOCONs in Washington F**kED AROUND” and now they are finding out that the American hegemony has just hit a BRICS wall.
Happily you are now logically in agreement with me.
Kinda like Russia promising not to invade Ukraine when the Ukrainians gave up their nukes. (The Ukes are regretting THAT for sure!)
https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280401fbb
BRICS. Hahaha. OK, son!
There can be No logical discussion with a deranged Russophobe. Your racism shines through and i snot worth any further comment.
Awww. That’s a shame. You were making such good points.
Exactly. That’s why operation mockingbird favorite, Time magazine greased the wheels with Zelensky acting “messianic” and being delusional.
If anyone wants to know who blew the Nordstream pipeline just google Seymour Hersh @ Substack.com
Another one taking Seymour report as Gospel.
He’s as close as it gets. He’s never gotten a major story wrong, probably never gotten ANY story wrong. Totally the opposite of you, actually.
If he didn’t get the Chile/Korry story wrong, why did the New York Times print a full-page retraction, the longest in the paper’s history?
Yesterday, I responded to this claim, calling it either less than fully-informed or less than honest. Did you read my reply?
I must have missed that reply.
Are you denying that the New York Times printed a major retraction of Hersh’s writing?
It was Hersh who reported that the ambassador knew about the scheme.
I happen to consider Hersh one of the better investigative reporters still living. But he’s not perfect.
I know it was Hersh. I thought I made that clear.
The point is that the story behind the claim and the retraction does not in any significant way call into question Hersh’s reputation for honesty and accuracy.
And so, America is off the hook?
Pure nonsense, using this sap as a fall guy. There is no way 6 stooges (allegedly named Curley, Larry Moe, Shemp, Abbott and Costello. although no one will confirm this “on the record”) in a rented sailboat could have carried this sabotage out. I will put my trust in Seymour Hersh’s reporting over the sworn word of anyone in the US government any day of the week.
there was 8 stooges. the other 2 were named Laurel and Hardy.
There were only Three Stooges, and together they were god.
and yet it took 6 or 8 of them to allegedly sabotage the Nord-Stream pipeline
http://threestooges.com/
Talk about picking a fall guy. He’s a perfect loser at the moment. Adding that Zaluzhny was in the loop but Zelensky not seems a concoction considering the reported power struggle between the two. I would’ve smelt a rat right there if I was the WP reporter.
leftys like to pretend that Trump & Putin are best pals but here was the reality =
Dec. 2017 – President Trump approves the first provision of lethal, defensive aid to Ukraine, widening a program of heightened assistance initiated by the Obama administration after Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian territory in Crimea.
Sept. 28, 2018 – Trump signs into law a 2019 spending bill that includes $250 million in Defense Department funding for direct military aid to Ukraine.
Feb. 15, 2019 – Trump signs into law another 2019 spending bill that includes $141 million in State Department funding for Ukraine’s military needs.
Feb. 28, 2019 – Defense Department Undersecretary for Policy John C. Rood tells Congress the Pentagon will start disbursing the first half of its aid to Ukraine.
I’m glad someone else is saying this. The fact is that Trump was harder on Russia than Obama. But if you have TDS and have been brainwashed by all the Russiagate nonsense, I guess that fact doesn’t register.
seems to me that when certain factions demonize Trump, they always make sure to escalate that into the demonization of Putin, Orban, Erdogan, especially Iran, etc – because there must always be an external enemy to rally americans under uncle sam – and certainly that enemy will never be Israel. ok that being said, i hope that Trump dries-up and rolls away before he ever sets foot in the white house again.
And those people hate Trump for all the wrong things. I knew who he was long before he ever thought about running for president, and I hated him then. These people have TDS and are totally brainwashed by Russiagate, so they’ve turned from being progressive into being sh*tlibs.
I don’t want Trump in the White House either, but neither do I want Biden nor anyone else running for president there either. I suppose I could live with Dr. Cornell West as president based on his ideologies and attitudes, but he’s very far from being a politician, and he’d be a like a fish out of water in the White House.