Russia diplomat says Ukraine wouldn't have attacked Nord Stream without US approval

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reuters.com

cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/1987968

MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Washington said on Friday that he did not believe Ukraine would have attacked the Nord Stream gas pipelines without the tacit approval of the United States, and that Russia would identify and punish those behind the attack.

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Words "Russia diplomat says" is usually a prefix of a lie, so there is that.

I am really curious how bring USA and Onan would help Putin achieve the objectives.

These kinds of claims are for internal, Russian consumption. He's trying desperately to spin this as "US aggression," rather than "losing to a supposedly weak neighbor."