{"id":908,"date":"2025-09-08T00:59:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=908"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:38:56","slug":"elite-uk-divers-likely-behind-nord-stream-sabotage-putin-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/elite-uk-divers-likely-behind-nord-stream-sabotage-putin-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite UK divers likely behind Nord Stream sabotage \u2013 Putin aide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine lacked the expertise to bomb the Baltic Sea pipelines, Nikolay Patrushev has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines could not have been carried out without Western commandos, a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed, singling out Britain as the likely culprit.<\/p>\n

German prosecutors have attributed the explosions in international waters in September 2022, which disabled the twin pipelines supplying Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea, to a group of Ukrainian nationals.<\/p>\n

In an article published Sunday in Kommersant, the former head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Nikolay Patrushev, argued that Ukrainians lack the expertise to carry out this complex operation independently.<\/p>\n

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Russia \u2018has no faith\u2019 in German Nord Stream sabotage probe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The sabotage was likely “planned, overseen, and executed with the involvement of highly trained NATO special forces,”<\/em> Patrushev wrote, adding that the perpetrators were experienced in deep-sea operations and familiar with working in the Baltic.<\/p>\n

“Few armies or intelligence services have divers capable of executing such an operation correctly and, above all, covertly. One unit with the necessary skills is the British Special Boat Service,”<\/em> he said. Founded during World War II, the SBS is the Royal Navy’s elite squad specializing in amphibious warfare.<\/p>\n

Russia has criticized the German investigation for a lack of transparency and for not including the Russian authorities. In 2024, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service claimed it had “credible information”<\/em> that the US and UK were directly involved in the sabotage, a claim denied by both London and Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukraine lacked the expertise to bomb the Baltic Sea pipelines, Nikolay Patrushev has said The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines could not have been carried out without Western commandos, a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed, singling out Britain as the likely culprit. German prosecutors have…<\/p>\n

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