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Putin calls Ukraine role in Nord Stream blasts ‘sheer nonsense'

 Published: 08:56, 15 March 2023

Putin calls Ukraine role in Nord Stream blasts ‘sheer nonsense'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that Ukrainians could be behind the explosions that crippled the Nord Stream gas pipelines, suggesting the United States may have been responsible.

The Russian leader insisted on Tuesday the US had a motive to carry out the attack in the Baltic Sea last year, saying it wanted to halt supplies of cheap Russian natural gas to Europe and provide the continent with more expensive liquefied natural gas.

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