The man who financed the blowing up of the natural gas pipelines “Nord Stream-1” and “Nord Stream-2” is a Ukrainian citizenwhich is not related to the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, writes the British newspaper The Times.

The newspaper points out that the organization of the sabotage was a private initiative of the Ukrainian in question, who paid with his own money to rent the yacht, hire elite divers, fake passports and buy explosives available only in the oil and gas industry. .

The Times points out that Western intelligence agencies know the Ukrainian allegedly behind the bombing. His name has not been released to avoid provoking a conflict between Ukraine and Germany amid negotiations over arms supplies in Kiev.

Citing information from US intelligence, the New York Times yesterday attributed the sabotage to “a pro-Ukrainian group”, but without the involvement of the president of Ukraine.

Yesterday the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, said that Ukraine not involved in sabotage of the two Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in the Baltic last September. “It is not of our own doing,” he said.

An adviser to the president of Ukraine has since the night before yesterday denied Kiev’s involvement, referring to “fun conspiracy theories”.

Also yesterday, according to the German Die Zeit, the yacht from which the operation of sabotaging the pipelines started is the property of a company owned by two Ukrainians.

On the occasion of these reports, the Minister of Defense of Germany, Boris Pistorius, recommended yesterday for his part “not to draw hasty conclusions”.

On September 26, 2022, massive leaks from four points following underwater explosions occurred in pipelines connecting Russia to Germany in international waters. Despite investigations by coastal countries (Germany, Sweden and Denmark), responsibility for the attack remains unknown.