A secret message

 

Credit: kees torn 

Not sure what to make of the New York Times suddenly revealing that a “pro-Ukrainian group” (presumably in Russia) was behind the Nord Stream sabotage. The Alt Right take seem to be that they want to distract from the *real* news, as in Tucker Carlson´s J6 exposé.

Maybe.

But another possibility is that we are dealing with a coded message of some kind. There has been some talk lately along the lines of “Ukraine cannot win” and “the conflict will be solved at the negotiating table”. Perhaps the NYT article is part of a semi-secret Western campaign to “cool down” Ukraine, as the war enters its second year with no obvious end in sight. The article itself claims that Western interests are annoyed at Ukraine´s attacks in Crimea and inside Russian territory proper. They also complain about Ukraine not being “transparent” about its military actions (i.e. not telling the US everything). Note also the claim that Ukraine, or “elements” in the Ukrainian spook community, killed Daria Dugina in Moscow!

None of this has any bearing on whodunnit. Of course a “pro-Ukrainian group” could have carried out the sabotage, although it´s difficult to believe that an attack of this sort doesn´t require a state actor. Read: probably somebody much closer to home, yes? Even the Russians could have carried it out, for god knows what reasons – they can sell their oil and gas to others than Germany, after all. The question, then, isn´t who blew up the damn pipeline, but why the NYT decided to tell us the story (true or false) at this point in time? A story that is retractable at any moment anyway…

Intelligence suggests pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged pipelines, US officials say

UPDATE: Several German newspapers now claim that the perpetrators have been kind-of-identified, and that it´s a Ukrainian commando group. Their yacht is registered as belonging to a Polish business, which in turn is owned by Ukrainians...