It was a Ukrainian military official who coordinated the attack on the natural gas pipeline Nord Stream, which brings gas from Russia directly to Germany and the rest of the European Union and was damaged in an explosion in September 2022. Knowledgeable sources report that Washington Post Roman Chervinsky, a colonel in Kiev’s special operations forces, was revealed to be an integral part of the pipeline sabotage operation.
According to reports by Ukrainian and European officials, the 48-year-old high-ranking colonel played a central role in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in September last year. Specifically, he writes: Washington PostThe trooper managed the logistics and support of a team of about six people who placed the explosive beneath the gas pipeline by chartering a sailboat and using diving equipment. The attack caused major losses on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, leaving only one of the network’s four connections intact. Sources said Chervinsky did not carry out or plan the operation himself, but received orders from Ukrainian officials under the direct leadership of General Valery Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of the Kiev armed forces.
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