Polish politician implies US sabotaged Russia-Germany fuel pipelines

Breanne Deppisch

September 27, 05:28 PM September 27, 05:28 PM

A Polish politician recommended the United States was behind the sabotage of two Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia to Germany.

“Thank you, United states of america,” European Parliament member Radoslaw Sikorski said on Twitter, sharing a photo of the Nord Stream leak in the Baltic Sea.

Hrs later on, Sikorski extra a abide by-up tweet.

“BTW, you will find no shortage of pipeline capability for getting gas from Russia to Western Europe, such as Germany,” he wrote. “Nordstream's only logic was for Putin to be able to blackmail or wage war on Eastern Europe with impunity.”

The first tweet was shared 1000's of situations and sparked criticism that Sikorski, who previously served as Poland’s minister of defense and foreign minister and serves as both of those a distinguished statesman at the Middle for Strategic and Worldwide Scientific tests and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Heart of European Experiments, could be witnessed as blaming the U.S. for the leaks.

“You can be sure [this] entry will flow into in all Russian media,” Maciej Wasik, Poland’s secretary of point out in the Ministry of Inside Affairs and Administration, stated on Twitter. “I have no doubts about the author.”

Poland’s secretary of condition, Stanislaw Zaryn, also took purpose at the tweet, which he blasted as “Russian #propaganda” and a “smear marketing campaign versus Poland, the US and Ukraine."

“Authenticating the Russian lies at this certain minute jeopardizes the protection of Poland,” he said. “What an act of gross irresponsibility!”

Requested Tuesday afternoon if the Biden administration experienced info about the result in of the injury to the pipelines, White Household push secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated she would not speculate.

Sikorski’s business office did not respond to a request for remark.

Sikorski has formerly held substantial-amount appointments in the Polish federal government and has been affiliated with American believe tanks, such as now the Center for Strategic and Worldwide Scientific studies. He is the husband of Anne Applebaum, an American journalist and well known critic of Vladimir Putin.

The a few independent leaks that erupted on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines on Monday have prompted accusations of sabotage, with Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, telling reporters Tuesday, “These are deliberate steps, not an accident.”

Early speculation pointed to probable Russian involvement, though no formal comments had been created.

German officials stated Tuesday that there is concern that the sudden decline of pressure in the twin pipelines could be the consequence of a “targeted attack” and that Russia’s involvement “could not be excluded.”

Berlin is conducting its have investigation, independent from inquiries also being carried out by Denmark and Sweden.

German news outlet Spiegel documented Tuesday that the CIA warned Berlin earlier this summer season about probable attacks on its fuel pipelines in the Baltic Sea.