The Stream explosions

 

Nord Stream
Two are suspected of the Nord Stream explosions

Emil Forsberg

Updated 18.15 | Published 16.57

The leak from Nord Stream. Photo: AP

Two people are suspected of the Nord Stream sabotage.

This is stated by Germany's Attorney General Jens Rommel for Der Spiegel.

In my view, this is a success that was not necessarily expected at the beginning, he says.

On September 26, 2022, a series of explosions occurred on the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run between Russia and Europe.

The suspicions about who is behind it have been directed in different directions, but now the German public prosecutor states that two people have been identified.

But much remains to be done, he says.

- The identity of the others involved, the motives behind the crime and especially the question of possible state control of the business are the subject of ongoing investigations, he tells Der Spiegel.

In mid-August, Rommel stated that they were looking for a Ukrainian who had fled from Poland to his homeland. He has not yet been arrested, writes the German news agency DPA.

- This was a major attack on our country's energy supply that could destabilize the local economy and society, he says.

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The Nord Stream sabotage
Two suspects in the Nord Stream crime identified

The German prosecutor's office has made progress in the investigation of the Nord Stream sabotage and identified two suspects. This is what Attorney General Jens Rommel says in an interview with Der Spiegel.

- From my point of view, it is a success we did not expect from the beginning, he says.

Rommel would not provide any further details, citing the ongoing investigation.

This summer, the Wall Street Journal published an extensive report in which a number of Ukrainian sources were interviewed.

According to them, the act was a Ukrainian sabotage operation that President Zelensky knew about, but tried to stop when the CIA learned about it. However, then ÖB Valery Zaluzhny should have given it the green light anyway. This is denied by Ukraine.

This summer, Expressen, in collaboration with German media, also reported information that three people are suspects, including a Ukrainian diver.