The CIA, the U.S. intelligence service, was aware of the Ukrainian plot to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines to cut Europeans off from inexpensive Russian gas months before the September 2022 sabotage attack, according to a report in Der Spiegel, the German outlet.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to throw cold water on any possibility for peace with Russia last week when he told reporters that the Ukrainian public would never allow him to give up land in the eastern Donbas that is not yet in Moscow’s control.
Investors are raising concerns about the possibility that London is trying to increase its borrowing limits to help fund its militarization in response to what its government sees as a heightened risk from Russia.