The “secret” Pole denied any involvement in the bombings of the two German-Russian Nord Stream gas pipelines that took place in September after the Wall Street Journal claimed Poland could have been used as a base of operations.
“Poland has nothing to do with the explosions at Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2,” Stanislav Zaryn, coordinator of the Polish special services, said on his Twitter account, where he called his country’s involvement in this operation “unfounded.”
For Zarin, the hypothesis persists that Russia, a country that had the “motivation and capacity” to carry out the sabotage, was responsible.
The reaction of the intelligence coordinator followed information published in the American press, according to which German investigators are analyzing whether Poland was used as an operational base.
This information is complemented by others released in May by North American and German media, according to which the Andromeda boat, which was rented and used by a group of several people with false passports, was used for sabotage.
The press pointed to the Ukrainian airstrip, the nationality of at least one of those who used this boat.
The German government and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office declined to comment on the information, as the investigation is still ongoing.
The German prosecutor’s office only confirmed the search of the house of one person living near the border with Poland.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied his country’s involvement in the operation.
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines were decommissioned on September 26 as a result of four simultaneous explosions in the waters of the Baltic Sea.
Two leaks were found in each pipeline, two in the Danish area and two in the Swedish area, all in international waters, while a preliminary investigation pointed to a state actor who has not yet been identified as the culprit.
None of the pipelines were carrying gas at the time of the explosion, as Russia cut off supplies via Nord Stream 1, built in 2005 and in operation since 2011, just months after the invasion of Ukraine began.
Nord Stream 2, whose construction began in 2011, was never commissioned because German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suspended its commissioning “as a last resort” precisely because of the conflict.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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