On Nord Stream:
"German investigators believe they may have the answer. The main suspect is a Ukrainian diving instructor named Volodymyr Z., who last lived near Warsaw. Investigators suspect him of carrying out the attack together with five other Ukrainians. But before he could be arrested, the suspect fled to his home country.
German investigators are now accusing Poland of not executing the European arrest and search warrants issued against Z. by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice in June. Germany’s federal criminal police and Federal Public Prosecutor's Office are displeased. An official familiar with the investigation made a serious accusation to WELT AM SONNTAG, claiming that Poland was sabotaging the investigation. Another person familiar with the investigation called the episode "obstruction of justice.""
"“The Polish government obviously let him go in order to cover up its own involvement in the attack on the pipelines,” August Hanning, the former head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, told WELT AM SONNTAG. He is convinced that the presidents of Poland and Ukraine, Andrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were aware of the attack plans. “Operations of such dimensions are inconceivable without the approval of the political leaders of the countries involved,” said Hanning."
"Investigators say that the six-man diving crew that allegedly planted the explosives from the sailing yacht "Andromeda" had been trained in Poland. Investigators also believe Warsaw may have provided logistical support for the underwater operation"
"German investigators are also accusing the Polish authorities of deliberately withholding video recordings from the marina in Kołobrzeg."
"And what do the suspects themselves think? A high-ranking officer who lives in a major Ukrainian city and is alleged to have been involved in the pipeline attack said: “It's ridiculous to believe that we did it, but if Ukraine was behind the attack, Germany should stop the investigation, because for Kyiv it was a legitimate military target.”"
"Meanwhile, it appears unlikely that Volodymyr Z. will ever have to face German authorities in person. Under a European treaty, Ukraine is not required to extradite its nationals to other states, and other people suspected in the plot have presumably gone into hiding."
