The case in summary • A German court has wanted a Ukrainian diving instructor and two other Ukrainian nationals for the sabotage action against the Nord Stream in 2022.• Ukraine denies involvement, while an adviser to President Zelensky claims that Russia was behind it.• An article in the Wall Street Journal claims that President Zelenskyj was informed of the plans, and that the idea was conceived at a party in May 2022.• Intelligence expert Tom Røseth believes that there are still many unresolved questions, and that it may be difficult to find out who is actually behind it. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. On 26 September it rained heavily outside Bornholm in the Austersjøen. The Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines were destroyed in the explosion. This week it emerged that a German court has wanted a named Ukrainian diving instructor and two other Ukrainian nationals after the sabotage operation. But Tom Røseth, who is one of our foremost experts on intelligence, believes that the last word has not been said at all. – I still hold out that Russia could also be behind it, says Røseth Ukrainian authorities deny on Thursday that they were involved in the explosion. President Volodomyr Zelenskyi’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, on the other hand, believes that Russia was behind it. – Such an action can only be carried out with extensive technical and financial resources. And who had all this at the time of the explosions? Only Russia, he says in a statement to Reuters. Mykhailo Podolyak is one of the closest advisers to the Ukrainian president. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky / AP Kjelder talks about party The wanted diving instructor was living in Poland at the time, but is said to have fled to Ukraine after the incident. The other two men who are now wanted are also experienced divers. In an article in the American newspaper Wall Street Journal (WSJ), sources claim that President Zelenskyi was briefed on the plans The unnamed sources claim that a small handful of Ukrainian officers and businessmen gathered at a party in May 2022. this party the idea of destroying Nord Stream must have been hatched, the sources claim. Tom Røseth works with the Norwegian Defense Academy. Photo: Defense – Unsettled questions They are said to have gradually got the president on the team, but Zelenskyj is said to have given the order to stop. An order which, in that case, was not followed. According to the WSJ, the alleged action must have cost around 300,000 US dollars. – What we see now is a strengthening of a Ukraine theory, but I still think there are too many unresolved questions. This is what intelligence expert Tom Røseth tells news. He believes that it is wise to wait for what the ongoing investigation will show. – Do you think anyone can get an answer with two lines underneath? – No, it is not certain. I think that over time it will be revealed, but it can take a very long time. “Andromeda” in circulation on the German island of Ruegen in March 2023. Photo: OLIVER DENZER / Reuters – Extremely difficult Several have claimed since 2022 that the operation was carried out with the German sailboat “Andromeda” as a base. In the article from the WSJ, sources claim that the three wanted divers were there, but also a civilian woman to create the impression that it was a “pleasure seal”. The car of one of the men who should have been on board was captured by a surveillance camera in the vicinity of the sailing boat “Andromeda”. German police have also previously linked this sailboat to the sabotage. Røseth agrees that the theory and claims surrounding the German sailboat are interesting. – But even if you find out who physically did it, it can be extremely difficult to find out who is actually behind it, he says. Published 15.08.2024, at 14.50
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