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we start with a denial from ukraine of any involvement in september s attacks on the nord stream pipelines, which were built to carry russian natural gas to germany. the denial follows this report from the new york times. it cites us intelligence officials, suggesting a pro ukrainian group was to blame. before we look at those claims, let s get more details about the nord stream pipelines. let s get more details this map shows where they run along the sea bed, from russia, across the baltic, to germany. the damage was discovered near the danish island of bornholm. it s also relatively close to the russian territory of kaliningrad. it was first noticed when huge amounts of gas were spotted bubbling up to the surface. when cameras were sent down, this is what they recorded. several experts said it appeared the pipes had been damaged by an explosion on the outside of the pipe. here s ukrainian defence minister oleksi reznikov on the new allegations. for me, it s a little ....
Are not mine, but opinions of experts, that there is also talk that it could have been a so called false operation. that would not be the first time in the history of such events, a separate report by the german broadcasters ard and swr and the zeit newspaper, goes into more detail about the operation, also citing unnamed officials. the report says a group of five men and one woman rented a yacht from a poland based company owned by ukrainian citizens. the group consisted of a captain, two divers, two diving assistants and a doctor. the nationality of the perpetrators is unclear, and it s claimed those involved used forged passports to rent the boat. after the yacht was returned, it s alleged investigators found traces of explosives in the cabin. our security correspondent, frank gardner, has more. this yacht set off in northern germany on the baltic - coast and it was crewed, i they think, by ukrainians, but they re not sure. ....
Are not mine, but opinions of experts, that there is also talk that it could have been a so called false operation. a separate report by the german broadcasters ard and swr, and the zeit newspaper goes into more detail about the operation also citing unnamed officials. the report says a group of five men and one woman rented a yacht from a poland based company owned by ukrainian citizens. the group consisted of a captain, two divers, two diving assistants, and a doctor. the nationality of them is unclear, it s claimed those involved used forged passports to rent the boat. after the yacht was returned, it s alleged investigators found traces of explosives in the cabin. our security correspondent frank gardner has more. this yacht set off in northern germany on the baltic - coast and it was crewed, i they think, by ukrainians, but they re not sure. now, if it turns out to be the work ....