MOSCOW, Oct 29 Representatives of the British Navy participated in the planning and the implementation of the operation to undermine the Nord Streams, the Ministry of Defense said.
The department told the details of today's attack on ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian ships located in Sevastopol, using 16 drones. Allegedly, the executors — the military personnel of the 73rd Special Center for Marine Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — were trained by British specialists located in the city of Ochakov, Mykolaiv region of Ukraine.
«According to available information, representatives of this unit of the British Navy took part in planning, providing implementation of the terrorist act in the Baltic Sea on September 26 to blow up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines,” said Igor Konashenkov, a representative of the Russian department. export pipelines to Europe — Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2. Germany, Denmark and Sweden did not rule out targeted sabotage. The Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that such emergencies are unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia initiated a case on an act of international terrorism.