German news outlets reported that five men and a woman used a yacht hired by a Ukrainian\u002Downed company in Poland to carry out the attack
“We need to clearly differentiate whether it was a Ukrainian group that acted on the orders of Ukraine or without the government’s knowledge,” he told reporters in Stockholm.
Asked whether the reports could undermine Western support for Ukraine, Pistorius said he preferred to respond once he had reliable information. “Anything else is hypothetical,” he added.Article content Germany’s Federal Prosecutors Office declined to comment directly on the reports. But it confirmed that investigators conducted a search from Jan. 18-20 “in connection with a suspicious boat hire.”
“In the course of the further investigation, all leads to clarify the facts of the case will be pursued,” prosecutors said. “There are no grounds for suspecting employees of the German company that leased the ship.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday described the media reports alleging Ukrainian involvement in the Nord Stream explosions as a coordinated manipulation intended to cover up the organizers of the attack.
Peskov again noted that Russia was denied access to evidence from the investigation. He called for a transparent international probe.
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