Disinfo: Under the guise of an exercise NATO divers planted explosives under the Nord Stream

Summary

Under the guise of an exercise NATO divers planted explosives under the Nord Stream. Last summer, US Navy divers had placed explosives under the Nord Stream pipelines, which were activated by the Norwegians three months later.

On 26 September 2022, a Norwegian naval aircraft dropped a hydro-acoustic buoy that detonated the previously placed explosives. He pointed out that US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage the Nord Stream after nine months of secret talks with national security officials in Washington.

Disproof

Conspiracy theory not backed by any evidence, part of a wider disinformation campaign aiming to fill the information space to portray the West as responsible for the Nord Stream sabotage.

On 26 September 2022, the NS1 and the NS2 pipelines both ruptured. Denmark, Sweden view the Nord Stream pipeline leaks as 'deliberate actions'

Sweden, Germany and Denmark opened an investigation of the incident. This is the first step in determining what caused the leaks. Anything before that would be mere speculation and conspiracy theory.

The message was based on the blog post of the journalist Seymour Hersh. He claims the US navy was responsible for the explosion on NS1 and NS2. The story of Hersh was grounded on information from one anonymous source allegedly having information on all aspects of the case. A number of factcheckers have pointed to numerous flaws in Hersh's story, which has received attention from Kremlin key propaganda outlets.

The US White House evaluated this claim as “utterly false and complete fiction.”

See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Nord Stream pipelines destroyed by coalition of countries headed by the US, that Western sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines caused an environmental disaster, that the UK took part in the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines, or that the West blew up Nord Stream 1 and 2.

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  • Reported in: Issue 330
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26/02/2023
  • Article language(s) German
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: US, Norway, Russia
  • Keywords: Nord Stream 2, Conspiracy theory
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