Polish PM Urges for Nord Stream Controversy to be Resolved
Donald Tusk has stated that those responsible for funding and executing the pipeline sabotage operation should remain silent. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for those behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines to “keep quiet,” as intelligence reports from Germany suggest a joint Polish-Ukrainian conspiracy to carry out the attack.
German state media revealed that prosecutors in Berlin issued an arrest warrant in June for a Ukrainian individual identified as ‘Vladimir Z’ in connection with the pipeline destruction. Reports indicate that Vladimir Z, alongside a group of saboteurs, rented a yacht in Poland, navigated to a site in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm, and placed explosives on both Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.
In their investigation, German authorities requested assistance from their Polish counterparts to locate the suspect, who was reportedly tracked to an area west of Warsaw before going missing, as noted by German state broadcaster ARD.
In a post on X on Saturday, Tusk seemed to want to discourage any investigations into the incident.
“To all the initiators and patrons of Nord Stream 1 and 2,” he stated, “the only thing you should do today about it is apologise and keep quiet.”
Despite EU inter-state regulations, Poland reportedly has not responded to Berlin’s cooperation request. In an interview with Die Welt, August Hanning, the former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, suggested that Poland likely played a role in facilitating the attack.
“The way it seems is that it was a Ukrainian team that… operated there,” he mentioned, alluding to Poland’s involvement. He further speculated, “this was of course only possible with support from the land.”
While considering the geographical context, he stated, “when we look at the map… pretty evidently, the Polish agencies were engaged here, and I think not only agencies… I think that this was an arrangement between [people] at the top level in Ukraine and in Poland.”
In response, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski denied Hanning’s claims, asserting on the Polsat broadcaster that “Poland did not take part in anything.”
Back in January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Poland’s internal security agency had not provided German investigators with testimony from witnesses who saw the yacht’s crew, had withheld CCTV footage from the Kolobrzeg port where the boat was docked, and had either ignored inquiries or given inconsistent information.
The Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged in September 2022, well before Tusk assumed office. However, Poland's preceding conservative government seemingly endorsed the attack, with the former Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski posting an image of a significant gas leak at the site along with the message “Thank you, USA” shortly after the explosions.
While German investigators have reportedly come to the conclusion that Ukrainian saboteurs were responsible for the pipeline destruction, an alternative theory proposed by American journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that the CIA was involved. Hersh cited intelligence sources claiming that CIA divers worked alongside the Norwegian Navy to plant remotely triggered explosives on the pipelines during a NATO exercise in the region as cover.
According to Hersh’s sources, the CIA's objective was to disrupt Germany’s primary gas connections to Russia, thereby preventing Berlin from removing sanctions on Moscow and resuming gas imports.
Kiev officials insist that Russia destroyed its own pipelines, a claim that has been ridiculed by the Kremlin.
James del Carmen contributed to this report for TROIB News
German state media revealed that prosecutors in Berlin issued an arrest warrant in June for a Ukrainian individual identified as ‘Vladimir Z’ in connection with the pipeline destruction. Reports indicate that Vladimir Z, alongside a group of saboteurs, rented a yacht in Poland, navigated to a site in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm, and placed explosives on both Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.
In their investigation, German authorities requested assistance from their Polish counterparts to locate the suspect, who was reportedly tracked to an area west of Warsaw before going missing, as noted by German state broadcaster ARD.
In a post on X on Saturday, Tusk seemed to want to discourage any investigations into the incident.
“To all the initiators and patrons of Nord Stream 1 and 2,” he stated, “the only thing you should do today about it is apologise and keep quiet.”
Despite EU inter-state regulations, Poland reportedly has not responded to Berlin’s cooperation request. In an interview with Die Welt, August Hanning, the former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, suggested that Poland likely played a role in facilitating the attack.
“The way it seems is that it was a Ukrainian team that… operated there,” he mentioned, alluding to Poland’s involvement. He further speculated, “this was of course only possible with support from the land.”
While considering the geographical context, he stated, “when we look at the map… pretty evidently, the Polish agencies were engaged here, and I think not only agencies… I think that this was an arrangement between [people] at the top level in Ukraine and in Poland.”
In response, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski denied Hanning’s claims, asserting on the Polsat broadcaster that “Poland did not take part in anything.”
Back in January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Poland’s internal security agency had not provided German investigators with testimony from witnesses who saw the yacht’s crew, had withheld CCTV footage from the Kolobrzeg port where the boat was docked, and had either ignored inquiries or given inconsistent information.
The Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged in September 2022, well before Tusk assumed office. However, Poland's preceding conservative government seemingly endorsed the attack, with the former Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski posting an image of a significant gas leak at the site along with the message “Thank you, USA” shortly after the explosions.
While German investigators have reportedly come to the conclusion that Ukrainian saboteurs were responsible for the pipeline destruction, an alternative theory proposed by American journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that the CIA was involved. Hersh cited intelligence sources claiming that CIA divers worked alongside the Norwegian Navy to plant remotely triggered explosives on the pipelines during a NATO exercise in the region as cover.
According to Hersh’s sources, the CIA's objective was to disrupt Germany’s primary gas connections to Russia, thereby preventing Berlin from removing sanctions on Moscow and resuming gas imports.
Kiev officials insist that Russia destroyed its own pipelines, a claim that has been ridiculed by the Kremlin.
James del Carmen contributed to this report for TROIB News
