Russia accuses British Navy of Nord Stream 1 bombings

Russia’s Ministry of Defense on Saturday made an explicit accusation against British naval personnel over their involvement in last month’s Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline bombings.

Russia has not provided any evidence for its claim that a prominent member of NATO – such as Britain – has contributed to sabotaging the infrastructure of vital gas pipelines belonging to Russia’s sovereignty, amid the worst crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the Cold War.

Russia said that British specialists from the same unit had directed Ukrainian drone attacks on ships belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea earlier on Saturday, which Russia said its forces had largely repelled, after the attacks managed to inflict minor damage in sweeping. Russian mines.