US spy network warned Kyiv off attack as Nato exercise was taking place in Baltic Sea
Ukraine called off an earlier plan to sabotage the Nord Stream pipelines after a warning from the CIA, according to Dutch state TV.
Netherlands intelligence agents alerted the US spy network to the plot by Kyiv to blow up the pipeline in June 2022, at the same time as a major Nato exercise in the area, broadcaster NOS reported.
CIA officers then warned Kyiv not to destroy the strategically important energy link after receiving a tip-off from their Dutch counterparts.
