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New intelligence seen by US officials suggests that a pro-Ukraine group attacked the Nord Stream 2 pipelines that transports natural gas from Russia to Western Europe, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
US officials told the paper there is no evidence that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or his top aides were involved or that the Ukrainian government otherwise directed those who attacked the pipelines that run under the Baltic Sea.
The US and NATO initially considered the September 2022 attack an act of sabotage, discounting a natural disaster like an earthquake.
Speculation over who was to blame ranged from Ukraine to Russia to Britain to the United States.
Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia on Feb. 24, 2022, immediately came under suspicion because it has opposed the project for years, considering it a national security threat because it would allow Russia to continue to sell gas in Europe while preventing Kyiv from collecting lucrative transfer fees.
