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Coverage dated June 12, 2023

CIA Reportedly Urged Ukraine Against Attacking Nord Stream Pipeline—Months Before Mysterious Explosions

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U.S. intelligence officials previously told the New York Times they believed a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the Nord Stream strike.

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  1. Forbes

    CIA Reportedly Urged Ukraine Against Attacking Nord Stream Pipeline—Months Before Mysterious Explosions (opens Forbes)

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    U.S. intelligence officials previously told the New York Times they believed a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the Nord Stream strike.

  2. The Daily Caller

    The CIA Warned Ukraine Not To Blow Up The Nord Stream Pipeline: REPORT (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The CIA warned Ukraine not to follow through with a plan to attack the Nord Sream gas pipelines sometime last summer after uncovering a detailed plot.

  3. New York Times

    C.I.A. Told Ukraine Last Summer It Should Not Attack Nord Stream Pipelines (opens New York Times)

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    Dutch intelligence officials shared information with the C.I.A. in June 2022 that they had learned the Ukrainian military had been planning an operation using divers to blow up one of the pipelines.

  4. Wall Street Journal

    WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Warned Ukraine Not to Attack Nord Stream (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    CIA pressed Kyiv weeks before explosions sabotaged the natural gas pipelines bringing Russian gas to Europe.

  5. Washington Examiner

    CIA reportedly warned Ukraine not to attack Nord Stream last year (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The CIA warned Ukraine last year that it objected to any plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany, nearly three months before the lines were sabotaged, according to new reports from U.S., Dutch, and German news outlets.

  6. CNN

    Dutch intelligence warned CIA about alleged Ukrainian plot to attack Nord Stream pipelines, Netherlands' public broadcaster reports (opens CNN)

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    Dutch military intelligence warned the American intelligence service, CIA, last year about an alleged Ukrainian plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines three months before they were hit, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday without specifying a source.

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