As if nothing had happened. A few hours later New York Times would argue that a pro-Kiev group was responsible for the latest sabotage of gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2NATO Defense Ministers held a working meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday attended by their Ukrainian counterparts, Oleksi ReznikovIn his statements to the press, he categorically denied any involvement of his country in the attacks. Political leaders and leaders from NATO, the EU, Germany or Sweden, the countries most affected by the attack, far from blaming anyone, demanded to wait for the ongoing investigations to yield more concrete results.
“For me, this story is a bit strange; there is nothing to see official inquiry with us and will explain all the details; When Reznikov arrived at the Stockholm conference, he said in a confident tone in front of the journalists, “This is not our activity. He is the responsible person who did nothing but repeat the denials about the newspaper expressed by other leaders of his country the day before. The American, who disclosed the information with reference to American intelligence sources, said that the investigations He reiterated that he wasn’t worried about it being exposed.
colleagues Atlantic Alliance And EU They refrained from speculating about the origin of the explosions throughout the day and demanded almost unanimously to wait for the investigations to end. The summit’s host and Swedish minister, Pal Johnson, simply answered questions from informants:no comment“, emphasizing that, incidentally, his country has launched an investigation that does not present conclusive data for the moment. He also wanted to emphasize that the discussions between NATO ministers focused on how to continue aid to Ukraine, and this was never touched upon. Information released the previous day New York Times.
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In very similar terms, the German Defense Minister, Boris PistoriusHe called for measures to be taken to defend “critical infrastructure at sea” in coordination with NATO and the Baltic states after the attacks. Atlantic Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg assured that the author of the actions was unaware and asked that “no speculation about who is behind it until the investigations and preparations are complete”, almost identical to the statements by EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell: “I do not have clear evidence and information. I can’t comment on things.”
Some research concerning Germany has begun to yield results. The Karlsruhe prosecutor’s office, which is responsible for the most sensitive cases, reported that between 18 and 20 January it had ordered a search of a ship “suspected of carrying explosives”. German rotations like Death Zeit, as well as German TV channels. ZDF And BACK They provided additional details, assuring that the ship in question was chartered by a company owned by Poland-based company “.two ukrainian” and with whom he left the port of Rostock on September 6 six people on board, divers and a doctor included. the ship was returned without cleaning and thanks to this situation inside researchers writes that they found “explosive traces” Death Zeit, publication claiming that “although traces have gone to Ukraine, investigators have yet to identify the saboteurs.”
Foreign Minister from Moscow While Sergei Lavrov demanded an “impartial investigation”, the Kremlin rejected the version of a pro-Ukrainian group, describing it as a “media conspiracy” aimed at diverting attention from the real perpetrators, which it has always described as “.anglo saxons“.