Top Biden Admin Official Provides Update on ‘Sabotage’ Attack Against Nord Stream Pipelines

A top Biden administration official said that the United States was not involved in the explosions targeting the Russian-owned Nord Stream pipelines last month.

John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, told Fox News that the United States “had nothing to do” with the explosions when asked.

“That’s just Russian propaganda and disinformation,” Kirby said in the Tuesday evening interview “Now, we know it was an act of sabotage, but there’s an investigation going on right now. I don’t think we’re going to get into credentialing that in terms of who was responsible. We’re going to let the investigators take a look at that. But, clearly, this was an act of sabotage.”

There has been speculation that the United States may have facilitated the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines due to several public statements made by White House officials. Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the pipeline damage is a “tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove the dependence on Russian energy.”

“Again, I can’t speak to specific accountability for this act of sabotage,” Kirby stated Tuesday. “I can just assure you the United States had nothing to do with it, of course. That’s just Russian propaganda.”

U.S. officials have not determined who was behind the attack last week, Kirby added. No group or nation-state has claimed responsibility, while authorities in Nordic countries said that the damage was done by explosions.

In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a small release from Nord Stream 2 is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Swedish Coast Guard via AP)

“Just look at what Russia has done in the past since the last seven months of this war and when it began, and that is to weaponize energy,” he said.

The Kremlin, meanwhile, has denied accusations

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