SUSPECTED sabotage attacks on Russian oil refineries and shopping malls is the work of the CIA and NATO ally spies, an expert has claimed.
A clandestine campaign is allegedly behind many of the “Armageddon” explosions and fires that have hit strategic or prominent facilities in recent months
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Army Special Operations veteran Jack Murphy claims that other European intelligence services have been “running operatives into Russia to create chaos” – as has Ukraine.
He claims the campaign is directed by the CIA.
But oil and gas facilities, railways, fuel depots, power plants and shopping malls have been treated across the country by mysterious explosions, with rumours of sabotage.
“The campaign involves long standing sleeper cells that the allied spy service has activated to hinder Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a secret war behind Russian lines,” Murphy said in a post online.
“The campaign is responsible for many of the unexplained explosions and other mishaps that have befallen the Russian military industrial complex since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.”
He cited anonymous US sources including three former intelligence and two military officials, and an American “who has been briefed on the campaign”.
“The former officials declined to identify specific targets for the CIA-directed campaign, but railway bridges, fuel depots and power plants in Russia have all been damaged in unexplained incidents since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February,” said Murphy on his website.
No US officials were involved on the ground, he said, but the strikes had used an “allied intelligence service” and were allegedly approved by US president Joe Biden.
“While command and control over the sabotage program resides with the CIA for legal reasons, the NATO ally has a strong say in which operations go forward since it is their people taking the risks,” he said.
His assertions follow weeks of explosions and fires at shopping malls as well as energy facilities.
On Christmas Eve an inferno hit a large warehouse belonging to the defence-related All-Russian Institute of Light Alloys in Moscow.
And on Friday, fire engulfed a military base in Moscow, raging for more than four hours.
Separately, a huge explosion hit a major Russian gas pipeline some 560 miles from the Ukrainian border.
The cause was unclear but videos showed a huge fireball burning in the Chuvashia republic.
Gas from Russia is transported using the pipeline via Ukraine to Europe, according to early reports.
The incidents have been linked to sabotage against the Russian tyrant’s unpopular war in Ukraine, which has seen nearly 100,000 Russians killed and many others maimed.
“The NATO ally’s campaign overseen by the CIA is only one of several covert operations efforts being undertaken by Western nations in Russia,” said Murphy, attributing his claim to two former U.S. special operations officials.
“Alarmed by Russia’s February invasion, other European intelligence services have activated long-dormant resistance networks in their own countries, who in turn have been running operatives into Russia to create chaos without CIA help,” he claims he was told by a former U.S. military official.
“In addition, as has been widely reported, Ukrainian intelligence and special operations forces are running their own operations behind Russian lines.”
Mick Mulroy, a former CIA paramilitary officer, was allegedly quoted as saying: “I do not know who is behind these attacks, but their value is substantial and serves multiple purposes.
“Russia has had a significant problem keeping up with its logistical supply lines. These attacks further complicate its effort to supply its forces.”
They also serve to sow doubt in Kremlin minds, because they show that Russian President Vladimir Putin “does not have control over what is happening in his own country,” Mulroy said.
“Is it a covert program, is it disgruntled Russians sabotaging their own plant, or is it pure incompetence of the workers? I don’t know, and perhaps the Kremlin doesn’t either. This matters to paranoid autocrats.”
The CIA has reportedly denied its involvement, claiming it is “categorically false.”
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