Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on January 30 declared that Russia will not easily believe in efforts to convince Russia and the international community that the Ukrainians are the only force that caused the explosions targeting the gas pipeline system under the Baltic Sea connecting Russia and Germany.
We will not unconditionally accept efforts to convince us and the world that only the Ukrainians are behind the Nord Stream explosion," Zakharova emphasized.
According to a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, an objective and comprehensive investigation into the incident is still extremely necessary.
Ms. Zakharova emphasized that Russia requires full verification of all hypotheses, including the possibility that Western intelligence agencies are involved in this sabotage.
There needs to be an appropriate investigation into the hypothesis that Western intelligence agencies are involved," she said.
In addition, Ms. Zakharova expressed her desire for Poland to properly fulfill international obligations, not to hide suspects accused of being involved in the explosion of gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany.
Moscow hopes Warsaw "will fulfill its obligations under the convention" and will not provide safe shelter for the man suspected of bombing the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
We have noted Italy's rapid extradition of suspects in the terrorist attack to Germany. Conversely, Poland is seeking to hinder efforts to find out the truth by providing shelter for another Ukrainian suspect, Volodymyr Zhuravlev," she said.
Previously, on January 16, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also called for a clear and decisive identification of individuals and organizations responsible for the Nord Stream sabotage, and at the same time clarifying the legal responsibility of these individuals and organizations.
On December 10, 2025, a court in Germany ruled that the two Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines "very likely" had been sabotaged by order of a foreign country. In the content of the ruling, the court implicitly implied Ukraine as a related party.
Previously, Die Zeit newspaper of Germany reported on August 27, 2025 that German investigators may have identified the entire sabotage group involved in attacking gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Functional forces also discovered a connection between some members of the sabotage group using yachts to carry out the Nord Stream attack with special forces agencies or the Ukrainian army.
Gas was detected leaking from the Nord Stream gas pipeline in September 2022. Mr. Bjorn Lund, representative of the Swedish Seismological Center, said that at the time of the incident, 2 strong explosions were recorded under the seabed in the damaged pipeline area. Subsequently, traces of explosives were also found at the scene.
