HE Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksi Reznikov, He denied any relationship between the Ukrainian authorities and Ukraine on Wednesday. gas pipeline sabotage Nord Stream in Baltic waters in September last year, after various publications pointed out The attack was carried out by six people from a yacht chartered by a Polish-based company owned by two Ukrainians.
“For me this story is a bit strange. It has nothing to do with us and the official investigation will tell all the details. This is not our activity.” Reznikov, on his arrival at the meeting of the European Defense Ministers in Sweden, talked about the press releases regarding the source of the attack.
These statements came after the American newspaper ‘The New York Times’ pointed out that: US Intelligence has reports that a pro-Ukrainian group was involved in the sabotage.The investigation by the German press claimed that the attack was carried out from a Ukrainian yacht chartered in Poland.
EU and NATO refuse to evaluate this information
Faced with the statements of Ukraine, which distanced itself from all kinds of relations with the attack on the Russian gas pipelineThe European Union and NATO declined to pronounce it, emphasizing that national investigations should be allowed to clarify this incident in the Baltic Sea.
“I cannot comment on matters that I have no clear evidence and knowledge of”When asked about this case, Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy from Stockholm, said.
He joined NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who also made statements from the Swedish capital on Tuesday. wait for the final result of the investigations. “There are ongoing investigations. “I don’t find it right to speculate on who is behind it before the investigation and investigations are concluded,” he said.
In any case, emphasizing that this is an “attack” on critical infrastructure in Europe, emphasizing the vulnerabilities of these resources, Like internet cables or gas pipelines, which are important to modern societies.
German Public Prosecutor registers a boat
The German Attorney General’s Office has confirmed that it has been registered A suspicious ship in their investigation into the explosions that disabled Nord Stream gas pipelines. According to the news of the public television ARD, citing sources from the prosecutor’s office, the search took place last January and the search was carried out. A German ship used by a Polish company allegedly carrying explosives.
Confirmation of the German justice, after the statements published by The New York Times yesterday about this alleged pro-Ukrainian tip, new information about the ship in question came from the ARD and other German media.
Both German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned against drawing “hasty conclusions” from these media reports. “I’m following this information with great interest. But we’ll have to wait to see what’s confirmed.” Defense Minister Boris Pistorius made statements to the Deutschlandfunk public radio outside the European Union (EU) informal council of ministers held in Stockholm.
“Based on these investigations, we will not consider possible repercussions in our relations with Ukraine,” he said. Pistorius warned that such information could be “an act under a false flag.” Yesterday The New York Times and ARD impacted a possible pro-Ukrainian route without identifying them as responsible for the explosions that disabled Nord Stream 1 and 2 last September.