/ world today news/ The territory of Poland can be an operational base for the detonation of the “Northern Streams”. As German investigators found, the yacht “Andromeda”, which was involved in the delivery of the explosives to the pipelines, had entered Polish territorial waters before the sabotage. Warsaw has always openly opposed the pipelines, and experts are convinced that Poland knew about the upcoming operation, but only two other countries could technically carry it out.
German investigators have received evidence that the territory of Poland was used as an operational base for the Nord Stream bombing. According to the American newspaper “Wall Street Journal”, Poland was the center of logistics and financing of the attack on the gas pipelines. The 15-metre pleasure yacht Andromeda, which is believed to have been involved in the delivery of the explosives to the pipelines, had entered Polish territorial waters before the sabotage. Investigators have found traces of explosives and human DNA on this yacht, which may belong to the Ukrainian military.
German investigators were able to fully reconstruct the Andromeda’s two-week voyage after examining data from the ship’s radio and navigation equipment, as well as information from satellite and mobile phones. The yacht is located near where the pipelines run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. First, the sabotage group planted explosives on Nord Stream-1, and then on Nord Stream-2. Investigators concluded that the operation used an HMX explosive suitable for destroying underwater infrastructure.
The ship, which belonged to a German company, was chartered by the Warsaw tourist agency “Feeria Lvova”, which is registered to two Ukrainian citizens, who, according to the investigators, are connected to Ukrainian intelligence. According to the newspaper, the information about the yacht confirms the investigators’ version that “Ukrainians are behind the sabotage”. In Germany, they said that they had no data on the participation of the Polish authorities in blowing up gas pipelines, and the German prosecutor’s office refused to comment.
In September 2022, as a result of an explosion, two lines of the first “Nord Stream” and one of “Nord Stream-2” were depressurized near the Danish island of Bornholm. A criminal case for international terrorism has been opened in Russia.
The explosions occurred in the economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. Both sides said it was deliberate, but have yet to determine who was responsible. Sweden dropped its investigation last October, citing “growing suspicions of gross sabotage”, but no one has been identified as responsible. Germany, Sweden and Denmark initially agreed to conduct a joint investigation, but this idea was subsequently abandoned.
In the spring, several American media, citing American intelligence, reported the possible involvement of “pro-Ukrainian groups” in sabotage. At the same time, it was emphasized that the US does not have data on Russia’s participation in the operation. The Kremlin doubted this information and called the messages “coordinated filling”.
This week, however, information resurfaced about the Ukrainian lead in the investigation into the terrorist attack. According to the Belgian publication “De Thied”, the CIA informed the Belgian intelligence services shortly after the gas pipeline explosions that the Ukrainians were suspected of organizing sabotage.
“It was beneficial for Poland that the “North Streams” ceased to exist. The country under all governments, not only the current one, is fighting against Nord Stream-1. They called the agreement on this project the second “Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact”. Therefore, it is obvious that the sabotage was beneficial to the Polish authorities, and they cannot but know about its preparation, ”says Vadim Trukhachev, associate professor at the Department of Foreign Regional Studies and Foreign Policy of the Russian State Humanitarian University.
The fact that sabotage of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines was being prepared was also known to the authorities in Germany, Denmark and Sweden, the expert is convinced.
“The point is that Poland is a country ready for anything, that’s why, unlike Germany and Sweden, it agreed to provide its territory to the Americans and the British, who conducted the operation. Obviously, something was done on Danish territory as well,” – the interlocutor thinks.
Oleg Havich, director of the Institute for Western Ukrainian Studies, who lives in Poland, is convinced that Warsaw benefits from the shutdown of Nord Stream both economically and politically. “Warsaw has always opposed these two projects. But only Seymour Hirsch provided a coherent account of the blast. Everything that was published in the Western press after the publication of Hersh’s version was an attempt to cover up or divert the organizers and perpetrators of this terrorist act from the US administration and from President Joe Biden personally, “Havich is convinced.
Hirsch published his research on February 8. Based on data from an anonymous source. The journalist, comparing the timing of the sabotage and NATO exercises “Baltops-2022”, accused the USA and Norway of being involved. The White House and the European Commission described this information as unreliable.
According to Havich, Poland, along with Norway, could indeed be one of the US logistics hubs for this sabotage.
According to Trukhachev, technically neither Poland nor Ukraine could blow up Nord Stream. “As a result, there will be an attempt to shift everything to Ukraine. I doubt about the Norwegian direction. The Norwegians themselves lack enough gas to compete with Nord Stream. But the British and Americans could attract Norwegian divers,” added the expert.
Havich also does not rule out that Ukraine will eventually be declared guilty, but only in the event of its military defeat and the fulfillment of Russia’s publicly announced goals during the SVO.
“If the West decides to hand over Ukraine in the event of a military defeat, then it will say, ‘Well, we didn’t know these were such bad people.’ But in case Russia has to settle for lesser achievements, the terrorist attack will be pinned on Moscow. Besides, no one will care about the evidence,” the expert predicted.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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