Russia Blames UK Navy For ‘Terror Attack’ On Nord Stream Pipelines; British MoD Calls It ‘Russian Distraction’ - EurAsian Times

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Russia has accused the UK of Nord Stream explosions successful September this year, claiming the specialists from the British Royal Navy helped the Ukrainian subject stroke up the Nord Stream state pipelines.

“According to disposable information, representatives of this portion of the British Navy took portion successful the planning, provision, and implementation of a violent onslaught successful the Baltic Sea connected September 26 this twelvemonth – blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 state pipelines,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said successful a statement connected October 29.

Russia and the US-led Western countries person been pointing fingers astatine each different implicit the explosions of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines successful the Baltic Sea that transportation state from Russia to Europe.

As EurAsian Times reported earlier, NATO countries led by the US assertion that Russia could person been down the explosions, but they person refrained from making immoderate authoritative remark.

The origin was “apparent sabotage,” said Jake Sullivan, America’s nationalist information adviser. It was “deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible,” declared NATO.

Even Sweden, nether whose economical portion the explosions took place, aft concluding its investigations of the incident, only stated its “suspicions of gross sabotage” without naming immoderate state for sabotage.

Now Moscow has squarely accused the UK of blowing up the state pipelines by alleging the engagement of British Navy Specialists successful the “planning, proviso and implementation” of the attack.

The UK, connected its part, denied the accusations leveled by Russia, saying they were designed arsenic a distraction from Russia’s subject failures successful Ukraine.

To detract from their disastrous handling of the amerciable penetration of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence is resorting to peddling mendacious claims of an epic scale

This invented story, says much astir arguments going connected wrong the Russian Government than it does astir the west

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) October 29, 2022

“To detract from their disastrous handling of the amerciable penetration of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence is resorting to peddling mendacious claims of an epic scale,” it said. “This invented communicative says much astir arguments going connected wrong the Russian authorities than it does astir the West,” the UK Ministry of Defense said.

Russia’s accusations were a portion of its authoritative connection relating to a monolithic drone onslaught carried retired by Ukraine connected the Black Sea Fleet successful the Crimean larboard metropolis of Sevastopol, damaging astatine slightest 2 Russian warships.

Massive Attack On Sevastopol

According to the Russian defence ministry, 16 drones were progressive successful the Sevastapol attack, including 9 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and 7 autonomous maritime drones.

The politician of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that the onslaught connected Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet was the biggest since the opening of the Russian peculiar subject cognition successful Ukraine.

Ships of the Black Sea Fleet repel an UAV onslaught successful the waters of the Sevastopol Bay, objects successful the metropolis were not hit, the politician said. pic.twitter.com/uYNnESmapc

— Sprinter Monitor (@SprinterMonitor) October 29, 2022

The Russian Ministry said that the British specialists from the aforesaid portion progressive successful Nord Stream state explosions besides directed Ukrainian drone attacks connected ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet successful Crimea earlier connected October 29.

“The mentation of this violent enactment and the grooming of subject unit of the Ukrainian 73rd Special Center for Maritime Operations were carried retired nether the guidance of British specialists located successful the metropolis of Ochakiv, Mykolaiv portion of Ukraine,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russian media study that determination was a “UAV attack” connected Sevastopol, Crimea astatine night. pic.twitter.com/AWiiOegHgb

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 29, 2022

The Russian Ministry claimed to person destroyed each 9 UAVs and 7 unmanned marine vehicles and reported insignificant harm to Ivan Golubets minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet.

In summation to the Ivan Golubets minesweeper, OSINT reports based connected the videos of the onslaught suggest the Ukrainian Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) filled with explosives besides managed to deed a Project 11356R frigate (presumably Admiral Makarov).

#Ukraine: Remarkable video of today's onslaught connected the Russian Sevastopol Naval Base.
Ukrainian Uncrewed Surface Vessels (Drone boats filled with explosives) seemingly managed to deed a Project 11356R frigate (presumably Admiral Makarov) & the Ivan Golubets Project 266M minesweeper. pic.twitter.com/6nJVkwvgKW

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 29, 2022

In 1 of the videos filmed by a camera onboard the USV, the USV tin beryllium seen fired upon by Russian warships, centrifugal boats, and adjacent helicopters.

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 29, 2022

In different video, a Russian subject chopper tin beryllium seen flying overhead the USV, which explodes later.

The Governor of Russian-occupied Sevastopol claimed that Russian forces repelled a UAV onslaught starting this morning, which included an unmanned naval system. https://t.co/GKA5p3fKWg https://t.co/6ZxyKM4hXw pic.twitter.com/UCqUnHakx1

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 29, 2022

The US subject assistance bundle for Ukraine announced successful April included unmanned coastal defence vessels. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said during a press briefing connected April 13 that the USVs “can beryllium utilized for assorted purposes successful coastal defense” without providing further details.

The archetypal grounds of the Ukrainian subject utilizing USVs successful the warfare emerged successful September erstwhile photos of a antecedently chartless USV began doing the rounds connected societal media. The USV was reportedly recovered connected a formation adjacent to Sevastopol, and the Russian authorities claimed to person destroyed it.

At the time, EurAsian Times discussed however specified explosive-laden USVs could alteration the Ukrainian subject to onslaught Russian warships extracurricular the scope of ground-launched anti-ship missiles specified arsenic the homegrown Neptune oregon the US-made Harpoon, arsenic good arsenic targets successful highly unafraid larboard areas specified arsenic Sevastopol.

***UPDATE***

Now beyond immoderate tenable uncertainty that the benignant of aboveground drones utilized by #Ukraine to onslaught Russian Navy successful Sevastopol contiguous were aforesaid arsenic 1 erstwhile recovered adjacent the base. #OSINT

Reference https://t.co/vpJFzEniD6
And https://t.co/YWqnJzWTqc pic.twitter.com/bX0vZvC1Hk

— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) October 29, 2022

According to the noted Naval Analyst H.I. Sutton, the benignant of USVs utilized by Ukraine for the onslaught connected October 29 were the aforesaid arsenic the 1 recovered successful September adjacent Sevastopol.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the ships targeted successful the latest drone onslaught ensured the information of the “grain corridor” arsenic portion of the planetary inaugural to export cultivation products from Ukrainian ports.