The sabotage of the pipelines that carried Russian gas to Europe has become one of the central mysteries of the war in Ukraine.

A European arrest warrant was issued for a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline nearly two years ago, Polish prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The sabotage in September 2022 of the Nord Stream pipelines that carried Russian gas to Europe has become one of the central mysteries of the war in Ukraine, prompting extensive finger-pointing and guesswork. But until Wednesday, there were very few answers.

The Polish prosecutors office said it had received the warrant, issued by Germany, in June for a suspect who was living in Poland at the time. The suspect — identified only as Volodymyr Z., in keeping with German privacy laws — left the country before Polish authorities could detain him, according to Anna Adamiak, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Warsaw.

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  • TransplantedSconieEnglish
    146·
    27 days ago

    Surely, it must be. Not the spy ships Russia has been floating around in NATO waters?

    • EvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      621·
      27 days ago

      The most likely culprits are military personnel from the US and Norway, acting on behalf of their countries to damage infrastructure so that their countries can sell their own natural gas to Europe.

      Edit: If you believe the US is suddenly above sabotaging another country for its own benefit - something it’s done consistently around the world for 100+ years - then I have a bridge to sell you.