Britain’s Ministry of Defense on Saturday condemned Moscow’s “false information” after Russia’s defense ministry accused Britain of involvement in the Sept. 26 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, as well as a mass attack. with drones in Crimea that damaged the ship, reports AFP.
“To divert attention from the disastrous management of the illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Russia managed to spread false statements of an epic scale,” – rejects the British agency in a message published on Twitter.
“This fictional story says more about the infighting in the Russian government than about the West,” the British ministry quips.
The Russian military on Saturday blamed London involvement in explosions that caused a natural gas leak in September from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea, built to transport Russian natural gas to the European Union (EU) via Germany.
“Representatives of a unit of the British Navy participated in the planning, provision and implementation of a terrorist act in the Baltic Sea on September 26 with the aim of damaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines,” he accused in a message in the Telegram of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
Russia has complained several times that it was not included in the international investigation into these natural gas leaks from Nord Stream, which occurred as a result of alleged sabotage.
Sweden’s judicial authorities announced on Friday that they intend to proceed with a new inspection of gas pipelines, as well as the Nord Stream consortium, which sent a Russian-flagged civilian vessel.
On September 26, four large natural gas leaks from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines were discovered near the Danish island of Bornholm — two in Sweden’s EEZ and two in Denmark’s EEZ.
Preliminary inspections of the submarine increased suspicions of sabotage, the leaks were preceded by explosions.
Two undersea pipelines connecting Russia and Germany have been at the center of geopolitical tensions since Russia’s war in Ukraine, heightened after Moscow decided to cut off natural gas supplies to the EU, allegedly in response to sanctions. imposed on him by the West.
The gas pipelines were not operational, but contained natural gas at the time of damage.
The Russian military also blamed Ukraine and the United Kingdom on Saturday for a massive drone attack targeting the Russian fleet in the Black Sea on Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.
According to her, these attacks caused “minor damage” to the Russian ship.
“The preparation of this terrorist attack and the training of servicemen of the 73rd Ukrainian Naval Special Operations Center were carried out by British specialists stationed in Okean, Mykolaiv region in Ukraine,” the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation accused in Telegram. .
According to Moscow, these ships, which were the object of the attack, were protecting convoys of ships exporting Ukrainian grain.
News source: news.ro
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