Germany‘s former intelligence chief has accused Ukraine and Poland for planning and executing the sabotage assault on Nord Stream fuel pipelines in 2022.
Hanning, who headed the BND between 1998 and 2005, informed native media that such an enormous sabotage assault couldn’t be the work of a diving teacher and his crew solely, and claimed that Polish and Ukrainian secret companies should have been concerned.
“According to the results of German investigation, it was carried out by a Ukrainian team, and when we look at the map, we can understand that this can only be possible with support from Poland,” he informed Die Welt media group.
Hanning argued that the Ukrainian sabotage crew should have acquired logistical assist from Polish authorities whereas touring and bringing gear and explosives to the Baltic Sea.
“And such decisions are not made at our level, they are decisions made at the highest political level, and I believe that there was an agreement between (Ukrainian) President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy and (Polish) President (Andrzej) Duda to carry out this attack,” he stated.
His remarks got here after native media reported that German prosecutors have recognized a Ukrainian diving teacher as a key suspect within the Nord Stream sabotage assault, however efforts to apprehend him have been unsuccessful as Polish authorities have been reluctant to cooperate with their German counterparts.
German authorities issued a European arrest warrant in opposition to Wolodymyr Z., a diving teacher, in June after discovering out that the suspect was residing in a city in Poland, however he couldn’t be arrested and fled the nation, apparently after he was tipped off concerning the investigation in opposition to him.
According to the German prosecutors, the yacht “Andromeda” used within the operation was rented by an organization primarily based in Poland, which was apparently owned by two Ukrainians.
The group that carried out the sabotage assault is believed to have consisted of two divers, two assistants, one captain, and a medic.
The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022 was an unprecedented assault, and precipitated intensive injury to the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany by way of the Baltic Sea.
Source: www.anews.com.tr