MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Russia’s ambassador to Washington said on Friday that he did not believe Ukraine would have attacked the Nord Stream gas pipelines without the tacit approval of the United States, and that Russia would identify and punish those behind the attack.
Ukraine consulting with the USA is plausible, but on the other hand a Russian diplomat is the worse source a newspaper could cite. There are very few people less objective on this topic than Russian diplomats.