By Ian Miles Cheong
Published February 27, 2023
Hungary has demanded a thorough investigation by the United Nations into what it called a "scandalous" attack on the Nord Stream pipelines.
The pipelines, which carry natural gas from Russia to Germany, were allegedly sabotaged by a state actor last September, with three out of the four pipelines affected. The attack left Germany and other European countries heavily reliant on US energy, resulting in their support for the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, the United States was responsible for the destruction of the pipelines, as part of a covert operation. Hersh's recent article claims that the US carried out the attack, leaving Russia and Germany at odds and raising tensions between the two countries.
As per information obtained by Seymour Hersh from sources, in June 2022, US Navy divers covertly planted explosives under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise. Three months later, the explosives were detonated via a remote signal sent from a sonar buoy
One source told Hersh that the saboteurs knew the covert operation was an “act of war,” with some in the CIA and State Department warning, “Don’t do this. It’s stupid and will be a political nightmare if it comes out.”
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