In what may be the biggest news regarding the conflict in Ukraine since it began, The New York Times is now reporting that U.S. officials believe a pro-Ukrainian group blew up the Nordstream 2 pipeline.

That comes via “new” intelligence that has apparently been kicking around for a while.

WASHINGTON — New intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, a step toward determining responsibility for an act of sabotage that has confounded investigators on both sides of the Atlantic for months.

U.S. officials said that they had no evidence President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine or his top lieutenants were involved in the operation, or that the perpetrators were acting at the direction of any Ukrainian government officials.

While the Times says Zelensky isn’t directly implicated, the report leaves open the possibility that a proxy was knowingly used.

The other issue here is why the United States and Germany did not share this publicly and instead kept blaming Russia. They knew and openly misled about the situation when it wasn’t even necessary.

Another complication is that Nordstream 2 was important to Europe. A lot of suffering resulted and some nations, even those supportive of Ukraine, may demand consequences. Finally, the last question is why this is being leaked now. It was roughly one month ago that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a bombshell report purporting to implicate the U.S. in the incident, though said report rightly was met with some skepticism.

This is a developing story, and RedState will update you as required.