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title: "Ukraine Officer Played Key Role in Nord Stream Sabotage: Zelensky in the Dark?"
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[Link](https://www.kyivpost.com/post/23988)

> **A senior Ukrainian military official played a key role in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines** in the Baltic Sea last year, according to a joint investigation by [*The Washington Post*](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/11/nordstream-bombing-ukraine-chervinsky/) and *Der Spiegel* published Saturday.
> 
> Roman Chervinsky, a colonel in Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, was the “coordinator” of the Nord Stream operation, people familiar with his role told the US and German newspapers.
> 
> They quoted officials in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, as well as others with knowledge of the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
> 
> **Chervinsky oversaw the logistics and supervised a team of six people who rented a sailboat under false identities and used diving equipment to place explosive charges on the pipelines, the American newspaper detailed.**
> 
> **He neither planned the operation nor acted alone, taking his orders from Ukrainian officials,** *The Washington Post* wrote.

**But not Zelensky?**

> Through his attorney, Chervinsky denied any role in the sabotage of the pipelines.
> 
> “All speculations about my involvement in the attack on Nord Stream are being spread by Russian propaganda without any basis,” Chervinsky said in a written statement to ***The Washington Post* and *Der Spiegel*.**

**Yah, than why is it that US and German media are spreading this narrative? Bolstering the narrative created by the West? But, I’m supposed to believe this is Russian propaganda- ROFLMAO!!**

> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly denied that his country was involved in the pipeline explosions.
> 
> “I would never do that,” he told the German daily *Bild* last June, adding that he would “like to see proof.”
> 
> **According to *The Washington Post****,* the sabotage operation was conceived while keeping Zelensky in the dark.
> 
> ***The Washington Post* and *Der Spiegel* said they had contacted the Ukrainian government for a reaction to their joint investigation**, but had received no response.

**This is not so called Russian propaganda.**

> Chervinsky is currently on trial in Kyiv, accused of abusing his power in an attempt to get a Russian pilot to defect.
> 
> **He claims that the prosecution is political retaliation for his criticism of Zelensky,** according to media reports.

**But it sure feels like Western propaganda aka 5 eyes media lies.**