The Washington Post：Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack
Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack Roman Chervinsky, a colonel in Ukraine’s special operations forces, was integral to the brazen sabotage operation, say people familiar with planning By Shane Harris and Isabelle Khurshudyan November 11, 2023 Col. Roman Chervinsky appears in a glass room during a hearing in the Shevchenko District Court in Kyiv on Oct. 10. (Oleg Bohachuk for The Washington Post) A senior Ukrainian military officer with deep ties to the country’s intelligence services played a central role in the bombing of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines last year, according to officials in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, as well as other people knowledgeable about the details of the covert operation. Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics. The officer’s role provides the most direct evidence to date tying Ukraine’s military and security leadership to a controversial act of sabotage that ha