The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said that the international organization is not in a position to verify any allegations about who was behind the bombing of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, against the backdrop of a journalistic investigation accusing Washington of being involved in the bombing, which prompted Russia to claim international achievement.

During a session of the UN Security Council in this regard, which Russia called for, DiCarlo urged all parties to exercise restraint and avoid speculation and any accusations that would escalate tensions.

While the Russian delegate to the UN Security Council, Vassily Nebenzia, said he was absolutely certain not only of who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines, but how they were blown up.

In turn, the US representative to the UN Security Council said that deliberate measures to harm critical infrastructure cannot be tolerated, but it is clear that this meeting is a blatant Russian attempt to divert attention from the first anniversary of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine, he said.

Russia had called for a meeting of the UN Security Council regarding the new information covered by an investigation by the American journalist Seymour Hersh, indicating the involvement of the United States in the incident.

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On February 8, Hersh published an article about his investigation into gas pipeline explosions, where he stated that during the NATO exercises "Baltops" in the summer of 2022, American divers planted explosives under the gas pipelines, after which the Norwegians activated them after 3 months.

Hersh said that US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage Nord Stream after more than 9 months of secret discussions with the national security team.

According to him, the White House feared that because of the line's operation, Germany would not want to provide aid to Ukraine.

On September 26, 2022, attacks took place simultaneously on two pipelines exporting Russian gas to Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the explosion that targeted the Nord Stream gas pipeline was a "clear terrorist attack".

"In light of new information regarding the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions, we have requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on February 22," Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, wrote on his Telegram channel.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had said that the Russian side is preparing to hold a special meeting in the UN Security Council to investigate the explosions of the "Nord Stream" pipelines, accusing the West of lying about it.

Last October, Germany opened an investigation into the pipeline bombings, while Sweden confirmed that it would not share with Russia the results of the investigation.

On the other hand, Gazprom - which owns the gas pipeline - revealed an old picture of a NATO mine above the "Nord Stream 1" line, she said.

Denmark and Sweden opened an investigation into how a break occurred in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 lines that transport Russian gas to Germany, which caused a gas leak in the Baltic Sea off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden last September.

The European Union and NATO assume that what happened was an act of sabotage.

On the other hand, the Kremlin described speculation about Russia's involvement in what happened as "foolish and absurd."