Explosive remnants discovered aboard Nord Stream sabotage-related boat - NYT

The New York Times reported that German investigators have discovered traces of explosives on the Andromeda yacht linked to the Nord Stream sabotage last September. Three unnamed German officials claimed that two out of the six crew members had used fake Bulgarian passports during the alleged operation against the gas pipelines. The Kremlin suggested that the articles about Andromeda’s involvement were distributed by the Western media in order to divert attention from the report by veteran American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, which blamed Washington for the sabotage. Johannes Riber, a naval officer and analyst at Denmark’s Institute for Strategy and War Studies, also questioned claims of a 50-foot (15-meter) yacht being capable of carrying out an attack of such scale, likening them to a “James Bond” theory.