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the WSJ is reporting that German police are arresting several Ukrainians for destroying the nordatream 2 pipeline.
Obamas office drafted the plan back in 2014. Zelensky later authorized the attack.
German police have 1 in custody and are also looking for an intelligence officer, and a few others.
The general who oversaw the attack was given diplomatic immunity by Ukraine.
https://archive.is/033kS
Now, for the first time, the outlines of the real story can be told. The Ukrainian operation cost around $300,000, according to people who participated in it. It involved a small rented yacht with a six-member crew, including trained civilian divers. One was a woman, whose presence helped create the illusion they were a group of friends on a pleasure cruise.
βI always laugh when I read media speculation about some huge operation involving secret services, submarines, drones and satellites,β one officer who was involved in the plot said. βThe whole thing was born out of a night of boozing and the determination of a handful of people who had the guts to risk their lives.β
Volodymyr Zelensky approved the plan, according to one officer who participated and three people familiar with it.
The Journal spoke to four senior Ukrainian defense and security officials who either participated in or had direct knowledge of the plot. All of them said the pipelines were a legitimate target in Ukraineβs war of defense against Russia.
Portions of their account were corroborated by a two-year German police investigation, which has obtained evidence including email, mobile and satellite communications, as well as fingerprints and DNA samples from the alleged sabotage team.
βAn attack of this scale is a sufficient reason to trigger the collective defense clause of NATO, but our critical infrastructure was blown up by a country that we support with massive weapons shipments and billions in cash,β said a senior German official familiar with the probe.