Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, stated on Sunday that his land was unaffected by the 2022 attack on the Russian gas pipelines that brought Russian gas to Europe.
German prosecutors claimed next month that Ukrainian officials had ordered the damage, a claim that could deteriorate ties between Kiev and one of its principal military friends.
“Ukraine has never officially participated in any operation related to the Nord Stream explosion,” he told reporters on Sunday when asked about the investigation and added that Germany was “fully aware that Ukraine was not behind either the execution or the very conception of this operation.”
Zelensky said," It is very important for us not to lose our alliance and not to gain the confidence of the European countries that have been supporting Ukraine since the beginning of this war. "
Seven months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on September 26, 2022, four massive fuel leaks occurred in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipes, followed by submarine explosions, with a few hours of change.
A Russian national was detained last Wednesday in Croatia on suspicion of being a part of the damage, but the German attorney's office statements that this person co-operated with another Russian national detained in Italy last season before being extradited to Germany.
