Poland has denied any involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, after accusations from a former German intelligence chief.
“I think this is Russian disinformation resonating through the words of German politicians,” deputy prime minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, told Polish TV channel Polsat News.
“Poland did not take part in anything. It has to be said clearly that this is a lie,” he added. Kyiv has also denied any involvement.
The ex-German intelligence chief – who left his post in 2005 – accused Poland of working with Ukraine on the sabotage in an interview with a German daily, saying both countries should pay Germany compensation.
In September 2022, around seven months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, key pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany were badly damaged under the Baltic Sea in an apparent act of sabotage.
Almost two years on, it’s still not clear who was responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines.
But speculation has been rife. And there has been renewed attention in recent days after German state prosecutors issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for a Ukrainian diving instructor who lives in Poland.
