RT.com
08 Sep 2025, 06:29 GMT+10
Ukraine lacked the expertise to bomb the Baltic Sea pipelines, Nikolay Patrushev 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 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.
In an article published Sunday in Kommersant, former head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev argued that Ukrainians lacked the expertise to carry out such a complex operation independently.
The sabotage was likely "planned, overseen, and executed with the involvement of highly trained NATO special forces," Patrushev wrote, adding that the perpetrators were experienced in deep-sea operations and familiar with working in the Baltic.
"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," he said. Founded during World War II, the SBS is the Royal Navy's elite squad specializing in amphibious warfare.
Russia has criticized the German investigation for a lack of transparency and for not including Russian authorities. In 2024, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service claimed it had "credible information" that the US and UK were directly involved in the sabotage, a claim denied by both London and Washington.
(RT.com)
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