Putin accuses Ukraine of attempts for blowing up Turk Stream pipeline

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine was trying to blow up one of the sections of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, however, has not provided further details.

He also claimed that Ukraine carried out three terrorist attacks at the Kursk nuclear power plant, Kommersant reports.

“A number of terrorist attacks and attempts of similar crimes have been committed against electric power facilities and gas transportation infrastructure in our country, including an attempt to blow up one of the sections of the Turkish Stream gas transmission system,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council on October 10.

“The Ukrainian special services have also carried out three terrorist acts against the Kursk nuclear power plant, repeatedly undermining the power plant’s high-voltage lines,” he said.