New sources point at involvement of "pro-Ukrainian group" in sabotage of Nord Stream 1 & 2 gas pipelines.

Two press articles came out at the same time to report a new theory about the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines: one in the German newspaper Die Zeit and the other in the New York Times.
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The two articles, although different, can overlap. The first article, from the New York Times, mentions the involvement of a "pro-Ukrainian" group. A rather mysterious name. Especially since the newspaper does not say how close this group is to the Ukrainian state or to the intelligence services.

It must be said that in 8 months, no credible source has emerged that could incriminate this or that protagonist of the war in Ukraine. Some cited the United States, Russia, Norway, and the United Kingdom as potential culprits, but Ukraine did not appear, probably because it was not thought that, in technical terms, it would have been capable of doing so.

The New York Times refers to "opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin" which is anything but clear. Russia was previously targeted by the Western media as a possible culprit without really knowing the motive. At present, no evidence implicating the Russian government has been found.

Until now there have been differences of opinion as to whether or not a state entity was responsible for the sabotage. While the Europeans saw the responsibility of a state, the US had not pronounced itself on this question. For the New York Times, the explosives would not have been laid by divers working directly for a state service although possibly by former military. 

Poland and Ukraine had hastily accused Russia but without providing any proof. Russia, for its part, had accused the United Kingdom.

One of the problems is that the area where the explosions took place is crossed by many ships. In the survey of European countries, 45 ships were identified in the area when they had deactivated their tracking transponders.

The newspaper Die Zeit is more precise and accuses a group of six people, five men and a woman who would have rented a boat. The German newspaper identifies them as Ukrainians from Poland.