Report of US Involvement in Nord Stream Attack Gives Putin Fuel for Bad Publicity, Analysts Say
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The United States is being accused of being behind the attack on Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines in September by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in a report.
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The report was published on Hersh's Substack and the details could not be independently verified.
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According to Hersh's report, President Biden ordered U.S. Navy divers to attach explosives to the pipelines.
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The report claims that Putin is hoping the story will damage the U.S. and create tension between the U.S. and Germany.
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The White House has called the story "utterly false."
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Russian officials have seized on the report and used it as a major talking point, calling on the U.S. to address the claims.
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The story is being viewed as "information warfare" by some political experts.
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The Hersh story may have limited value in changing Russia's image, but it does change the subject and shifts focus to the U.S. and U.S. overreach.
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The report is likely to provoke an acceleration of the international probe.