Putin Has Stated that Ukraine Is Allegedly Going to Blow up the Blue Stream and Turkish Stream Gas Pipelines

At the end of February, Putin claimed that Ukraine was allegedly planning to blow up the Blue Stream and Turkish Stream gas pipelines, which run along the bottom of the Black Sea and supply natural gas from Russia to Türkiye.

It should be emphasized right away that Ukraine has no problems in its relations with Türkiye, and, therefore, no malicious intentions toward that country. It is obvious that such a statement by the Russian president is a primitive attempt to sow doubt and thus disrupt Ukrainian-Turkish relations. When it comes to the Kremlin propaganda, the Russians will stop at nothing and often use the media as a tool for “black” propaganda and a weapon of mass disinformation.

We cannot rule out the possibility that the Russian secret services are preparing to sabotage these gas pipelines themselves and then blame Ukraine. This is also a long-known technique, which experts refer to as “false flag” operations. Therefore, everything is clear here as well.

In the fifth year of the war, the RF has failed to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield and is now trying to achieve the desired result through terror and primitive lies. But what outcome could be desirable for the Russians? They have killed millions of people, completely destroyed hundreds of settlements, exhausted their own and others’ financial and material resources, and turned the territories where Russian soldiers have set foot into zones of ecological disaster and man-made catastrophes.

What next? Next, there must be an objective investigation into the crimes committed by the senior military and political leadership of the RF, a tribunal, and the punishment of all war criminals, which will make it possible to put an end to this war and establish a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and throughout the European continent.

Oleh Bereziuk,
Institute for Global Politics

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