Zelensky gave initial order for Nord Stream attack - WSJ --The paper claims the CIA pressured the Ukrainian leader to withdraw permission to target the key pipelines in 2022 | 15 Aug 2024 | Vladimir Zelensky approved a Ukrainian plan to sabotage the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, before trying to call off the operation under U.S. pressure, but it was too late to do so, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people allegedly involved in the plot. The energy infrastructure, built to deliver Russian gas to Germany and the rest of Europe, was ruptured by blasts under the Baltic Sea in September 2022. In its article on Wednesday, the WSJ pointed to a version of events in which the pipelines were targeted by the Ukrainians. According to the outlet's sources, the idea of blowing up Nord Stream was conceived by "a handful of senior Ukrainian military officers and businessmen" as they gathered for drinks in May 2022, a few months after the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.