Berlin took note of the NYT article on the undermining of Nord Stream

The German government took note of The New York Times (NYT) article about the Nord Stream bombing, reported Reuters agency.

“The federal prosecutor has been investigating this issue since the beginning of October 2022. Thus, he has sovereignty over the procedure,” the representative office of the Chancellor of Germany said. The office added that Denmark, Sweden and Germany have informed the UN Security Council that investigations are ongoing and that there are still no results.

On March 7, The New York Times, citing American officials, reported that US intelligence indicates the involvement of a certain pro-Ukrainian group in the Nord Stream bombings. Sources of the newspaper stressed that the White House has no evidence of involvement in the bombings of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian officials.

In early February, American journalist Seymour Hersh published investigation into the incident on the pipelines, in which he accused the United States and Norway of involvement in the undermining. Washington and the European Commission called this information unreliable, and the Kremlin declared the West’s unwillingness to investigate this case transparently.

At the end of December, at a press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin named those interested in undermining the Nord Stream gas pipelines. According to him, those who were interested in supplying Europe with Russian gas only through the territory of Ukraine, staged explosions on gas pipelines. Then, during his speech, the president also stressed that the Russian side was able to inspect the sites of the explosions only once. There is no full-fledged investigation into this incident, Putin said. Prior to this, Putin said that Western countries were involved in undermining gas pipelines.