Russia has no experience of shooting itself in the foot
Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov from the answer to the words of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky that Russia deliberately, for provocative purposes, hit its own gas infrastructure.
“We don’t tend to shoot ourselves in the foot” the words press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation TASS.
Earlier, Zelensky, in an interview with the German TV channel ZDF, expressed the opinion that the Russian side itself accepted the version about gas pipelines in order to blame Ukraine for this leadership and clearly respond to the blow to the Ukrainian gas transportation system. Thus, the Russian authorities could limit the disruption of fuel supplies in Europe and encourage Germany to use the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Earlier, as a result of sabotage at Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, both Russian pipelines were seriously damaged. The power of two large-scale explosions reached several hundred kilograms of TNT.
Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin stated that Russia has evidence of involvement in the sabotage of Western countries. In addition, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin At a meeting with the Security Council of the Russian Federation, he announced the recommendations of the Ukrainian authorities to blow up the Turkish Stream pipeline.