Ukraine behind Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, report claims

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A report by the US outlet Wall Street Journal claims Kyiv concocted the plan to blow up the pipeline bringing Russian gas to Germany in May 2022, citing four anonymous Ukrainian military sources.

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00:00Germany has issued a European arrest warrant for a Ukrainian diving instructor

00:06over his alleged involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

00:13The fact that the suspect is a Ukrainian citizen is one thing.

00:18I would not draw any conclusions as far as the involvement of the states is concerned.

00:22This has to be investigated, but at least there is the first investigation.

00:42However, it is also strange for us that this person, being searched by the German side,

00:48was not able to be detained, reported and registered in the SIS-Schengen system

00:55and this person could simply leave the country.

00:57This is also surprising for us.

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