Moscow Pushes Claims of UK Complicity in Black Sea, Nord Stream Attacks

A gas leak from Nord Stream 1 in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea in this picture taken from the Swedish Coast Guard aircraft on Sept. 28, 2022. Swedish Coast Guard/TT News Agency via Reuters

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Russia dropped a bombshell late last month when it claimed an attack on its Black Sea fleet had been carried out with the aid of “British specialists.” Moscow went on to assert that the same unit of “specialists” had played a leading role in a September attack on its Nord Stream gas pipeline.