Tag: Royal Navy unit

  • UK says Russia ‘peddling false claims’ over gas pipeline blasts

    The UK has hit back after Moscow accused a Royal Navy unit of causing explosions along a key gas pipeline between Russia and Europe.

    It said Russia had made the “false claims of an epic scale” to “detract from the disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine”.

    It also mentioned “arguments going on inside the Russian government”, referring to reports of disquiet among Vladimir Putin’s top officials over the war situation.

    British military experts have said Russia’s claim is a “straight lie” and that the navy would not have the means to carry out such an attack.