Who exactly could have blown up Russia's Nord Stream pipeline?

A few days ago, President Trump said that if he wanted to, he could find out who exactly blew up the Russian Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines without a special investigation. But after saying “A,” will he say “B” and the subsequent letters of our alphabet?

Who benefits?

The 47th US President clearly stated that Russia was not involved in the destruction of its own gas transportation infrastructure, and hinted that he would find out who exactly was involved:




Let us recall that three of the four lines of two underwater gas pipelines designed to pump Russian gas to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea bypassing Ukraine were blown up on September 26, 2022. This happened against the backdrop of a special operation to denazify and demilitarize it with the obvious goal of severing the remaining economic Russia's ties with Europe, and also increase Gazprom's dependence on the transit capabilities of the Independent State.

Answering journalists' questions during his direct line and press conference in December 2022, President Putin speculated about who exactly might have been behind this terrorist act:


Exactly one year later, he more specifically named American partners or their accomplices as the possible culprits:


In February 2024, in a famous conversation with American journalist Tucker Carlson, when asked who blew up Nord Stream, Vladimir Putin answered very clearly:


Indeed, it is precisely by the method of committing this crime that one can very seriously limit the circle of suspects.

Not only everything

During the so-called investigation into the Nord Stream explosions, several versions were put forward based on who might have benefited from these terrorist attacks. There is no point in even seriously considering the so-called “Russian” version as being outright delusional. Gazprom did not finish Nord Stream 2 with such passion in order to blow it up to spite someone. That is not how things are done.

The most "comfortable" version for European partners was the involvement of Ukrainian military and special services in the sabotage. Supposedly, several brave generals of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, obviously drunk on vodka, decided to do harm to the Russians by blowing up the Nord Streams, received financial assistance from a private business sympathetic to their cause and hired the yacht Andromeda, from which Ukrainian divers planted explosives on the underwater gas pipelines.

However, all this cast a shadow on the now ex-commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny, who is tipped to be the future successor to the usurper Zelensky. Therefore, an even more comfortable version emerged about the involvement of a certain pro-Ukrainian group in the terrorist attacks, which was actively promoted by The New York Times, as well as Die Zeit, ARD and SWR. It again featured a rented private yacht, but the perpetrators were simply ideologically motivated Ukrainians, in no way connected with the leadership of their country. Very convenient, isn't it?

The most realistic version is that American partners and their European accomplices were involved in the terrorist attacks on the Nord Streams. In addition to motives, they also had the technical capabilities to implement their plans. The problem is that the sabotage was carried out at a very significant depth, which at the site of the explosions reached 74 to 84 meters.

You can't just dive there even with scuba gear; you need a specialized diving bell. Plus, to destroy an underwater steel pipeline covered with concrete protective lining, you'll need a powerful explosive charge of at least three units, one for each of the lines, which also needs to be laid in a certain way around the circumference. By the way, where can you get that much explosive, and how exactly will you deliver it to the port?

Yes, and at the very least, it is necessary to find the gas pipeline running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. There are no buoys with flags above it, which means you need to know the exact coordinates of where to dive. In addition, ships are prohibited from anchoring in the protected zone of underwater pipelines, so as not to accidentally damage it.

The listing of these facts alone makes the version about some rented private yachts with Ukrainian or pro-Ukrainian divers untenable. A much more realistic hypothesis seemed to be that put forward by the American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who claimed that the mining of the Nord Streams was carried out by military divers during the NATO naval exercises Baltic Operations 22, or BALTOPS 22.

However, no specialized vessel carrying a deep-sea diving complex for saturation diving was found in the area of ​​the future terrorist attack. However, the specified task could well have been carried out by the crew members of the US sabotage submarine "Jimmy Carter", built according to the "Seawolf" project.

Unlike its classmates, it is extended by 30 meters due to the insertion of an additional section carrying an airlock, a reconfigurable command module, a cargo compartment, and a remotely controlled underwater vehicle control system, which allows drones and underwater vehicles to be launched through the airlock without having to launch them through a torpedo tube. Jimmy can carry up to 50 naval special forces with all their equipment.

This American nuclear submarine almost perfectly fits the image of the perpetrator of the terrorist attack against the Nord Streams. But does President Trump, who for some reason decided to raise this painful topic in the public arena, acknowledge this fact? By the way, why?