Ukraine must compensate for damage to the German economy after the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline - German parliamentarian Alice Weidel announced.
The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which run under the Baltic Sea, are the main routes supplying Russian gas to Germany and other parts of Western Europe. Three of the four branches of the two pipelines blew up in September 2022 near the Danish island of Bornholm. The culprit has not yet been officially identified.
Last week, German media reported that Berlin had issued the first arrest warrant in the investigation into the Nord Stream sabotage, identifying the suspect as a Ukrainian diver who was believed to have a final destination. is Poland.
According to media reports, the suspect fled to Ukraine before Polish authorities could execute a European arrest warrant filed by Germany in June.
The US Wall Street Journal later cited sources saying that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially approved the plan to sabotage the gas pipeline.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Weidel, an MP for Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, emphasized that Kiev must compensate for the damage caused.
"The economic damage to our country due to the destruction of Nord Stream allegedly ordered by Ukrainian President Zelensky - and not Russian President Vladimir Putin, as we thought - should be "accounted" for Ukraine" - wrote the German parliamentarian. "Any aid that burdens German taxpayers must be stopped," Mr. Weidel added.
The far-right AfD party is a strong supporter of stopping military aid to Ukraine.
Moscow accused Washington of being behind the sabotage of Nord Stream, arguing that the US was the biggest beneficiary of the disruption of Russian gas supplies to the EU . Meanwhile, Ukraine still asserts that Russia blew up its own pipeline.
With destroyed infrastructure, Europe will lose a source of cheap fuel and "a sustainable basis for economic development" - RT quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying in an interview today. 19.8.
Duc has refused to share the truth of its investigation into the incident, he added. Instead, news of the investigation appeared in the news, raising suspicions that this was all staged and that the whole thing was designed to somehow shift public opinion. from the real culprits.
Germany, meanwhile, emphasized that it is sharing information about its investigation with Russian authorities.
