German prosecutors say Ukrainian authorities ordered the attack that severely damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022. The Ukrainian government has always denied directing the sabotage.
The explosions damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which were designed to carry natural gas under the Baltic Sea, from Russia to Germany. The blasts, near the Danish island of Bornholm, caused huge amounts of gas to leak into the sea.
German prosecutors have filed charges against a Ukrainian national over the blasts. The suspect, a Ukrainian former army officer – identified under German privacy laws only as Serhii K. – denies wrongdoing.
DW looks into what the new charges could mean for relations between Ukraine and Germany.
Chapters:
0:00 Germany says Ukraine ordered Nord Stream attack
0:40 DW Eastern Europe editor Roman Goncharenko
1:10 Zelenskyy basically refused to comment
1:38 Nord Stream is not a huge issue for Ukrainians as they are busy taking care of their wounded
2:28 Germany’s government is not connecting the Nord Stream sabotage to military aid, but the far-right AfD is likely to exploit the issue
4:04 Will the case influence Germany’s internal debate about security and energy policy?
5:33 Journalist James Reed has conducted extensive investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
5:53 Was Ukraine behind the Nord Stream attack? Two schools of thought
6:53 Ukraine’s benefit from attacking the pipeline
8:15 Will the case affect Kyiv’s relationship with its biggest European backer, Germany?
9:46 Rivalry between certain Ukrainian spies and President Zelenskyy
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