Nord Stream: Zelenskiy rejects claim of Ukraine plot to destroy pipeline

US media has reported that the White House was briefed about a Ukrainian plot to blow up the pipeline months before it occurred

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Kyiv knew nothing about a plan to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said, amid growing speculation that Ukraine was behind the blast.

In an interview with Germany's Bild newspaper, Zelenskiy said that as president, he had the power to give orders, but that he would never do that", referring to the attack on the pipeline.