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WorldPublished: 23 June 2026 at 21:21

Nord Stream Sabotage Operation Disguised as Porn Film Shoot

A new book reveals that the divers involved in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions planned to claim they were filming a pornographic movie if investigated.

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According to journalist Bojan Pancevski’s book “The Nord Stream Conspiracy”, as cited by the Wall Street Journal, a five-person team — four men and one woman — arrived on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in the fall of 2022 to carry out a covert operation. Their mission was to place explosive devices on the gas pipelines running along the seabed.

Pancevski writes that the operation, code-named “Diameter”, was prepared by a group of Ukrainian military and intelligence officers. They recruited civilian divers capable of operating at depths of about 80 meters. To avoid detection, the divers had a cover story: if questioned by police, they would claim they were filming a pornographic movie. This story was deemed credible because one of the female divers had previously worked as a model and appeared on the covers of erotic magazines.

The saboteurs rented a yacht in Germany, pretending to be scuba divers exploring shipwrecks. Subsequently, explosive devices were placed on several sections of the pipelines, detonating on September 26, 2022. As a result, three of the four gas pipelines were blown up, causing significant damage to the infrastructure.

The planning and execution of the operation reveal a complex and carefully crafted sabotage scheme involving civilian divers as key operatives. This information sheds new light on events that caused widespread international repercussions and disrupted energy supplies to Europe.

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