The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Gas pipeline explosion in the Baltic Sea: the Ukrainian runway

2023-06-10T05:23:37.716Z

Highlights: Police officers from the German Federal Criminal Office believe they have identified one of those responsible. Their discovery embarrasses Berlin because the suspect is a Ukrainian soldier. On 26 September 2022, at a depth of 80 metres in the Baltic Sea, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines exploded simultaneously. This cut off any possibility for the Russian state-owned company Gazprom to supply Germany with natural gas via these two pipelines. In the eight months that followed, all sorts of hypotheses circulated about who was responsible for this attack. For his part, the American journalist Seymour Hersh saw the hand of the US Navy.


FOCUS - Police officers from the German Federal Criminal Office, in charge of the investigation into the sabotage committed on September 22, believe they have identified one of those responsible. Their discovery embarrasses Berlin because the suspect is a Ukrainian soldier.


This article is from the Figaro Magazine

On 26 September 2022, at a depth of 80 metres in the Baltic Sea, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines exploded simultaneously. What would quickly turn out to be sabotage cut off any possibility for the Russian state-owned company Gazprom to supply Germany with natural gas via these two pipelines. In the eight months that followed, all sorts of hypotheses circulated about who was responsible for this attack. A Russian runway has been mentioned, based on the presence in the area of surface ships and submarines. For his part, the American journalist Seymour Hersh saw the hand of the US Navy. Yet last week, investigations by a pool of German, Danish and Swedish newsrooms pointed to another suspect: Ukraine. And their revelations are based on facts and evidence gathered by investigators, including those of the Federal Criminal Office (BKA), the elite of the German police.

It's all gone...

This article is for subscribers only. You still have 76% to discover.

Want to read more?

Unblock all items immediately.

TEST FOR 0,99€

Already a subscriber? Log

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2023-06-10

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.