German law enforcement authorities believe that the explosions on the “Nord Stream” gas pipelines in 2022 may have been organized by a group of seven Ukrainians under the command of then–Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi. The Wall Street Journal reported this, citing its sources within the German investigation.
Source: Espreso
According to the publication, German police, prosecutors, and intelligence services have been working on the case for three years at the Federal Police headquarters in Potsdam, near Berlin. Investigators have reportedly managed to reconstruct details of the operation allegedly carried out by an elite Ukrainian unit under Zaluzhnyi’s direct supervision.
The investigation suggests that three active special forces soldiers and four veteran deep-sea divers may have been involved in the sabotage.
As WSJ notes, the presumed goal of the attack was to weaken the energy ties between Russia and Germany and reduce Moscow’s revenues from oil and gas exports.
There have been no official comments from the Ukrainian side yet, and the investigation is ongoing. Previously, Kyiv repeatedly denied any involvement in the Nord Stream explosions, emphasizing that Ukraine had no connection to the sabotage on the Baltic Sea seabed.
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