German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has warned against reaching premature conclusions on who was responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines.
European ministers warn against 'jumping to conclusions' over Nord Stream pipeline attack report
Pistorius was speaking after a New York Times report, citing intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials, said a pro-Ukrainian group may be behind the blasts that became a flashpoint between the West and Russia after last year's Russian invasion of Ukraine. "There are ongoing national investigations and I think it's right to wait until those are finalized before we say anything more about who was behind," said Stoltenberg.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov suggested the media reports were a co-ordinated bid to divert attention and questioned how U.S. officials could assume anything about the attacks without an investigation. Russia last month gave the UN Security Council a draft resolution which — if adopted — would ask Secretary General Antonio Guterres to establish an international, independent investigation into the attack.
A separate report by Germany's ARD broadcaster and Zeit newspaper on Tuesday said German authorities were able to identify the boat used for the sabotage operation. It said a group of five men and one woman, using forged passports, rented a yacht from a Poland-based company owned by Ukrainian citizens, but the nationality of the perpetrators was unclear.
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