• Optional@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Except for the German federal prosecutors, Dutch officials, former Ukranian commander in chief, and the sabotage team themselves, I suppose you’re right.

      Days after the attack, in October 2022, Germany’s foreign secret service received a second tipoff about the Ukrainian plot from the CIA, which again passed on a report by the Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD. It offered a detailed account of the attack, including the type of boat used and the possible route taken by the crew, according to German and Dutch officials.

      Inasumuch as you can have a source for a covert operation after the fact.

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        2 hours ago

        Can you link the direct source - like, statement of german police or official press conference?

        I’ve spent some time looking into this and found no direct sources.

        BTW, these articles are copypaste - There were bunch of much older (2023?) ones which I also failed to find any credible source for.

        EDIT: Correction, the first articles about this came out 3 months ago

        The part about Zelenski ordering sabotage while drunk has both no source and is utterly ridiculous.