A pro-Ukrainian group allegedly blew up the Nord Stream pipelines. experts doubt. What was driving a tanker in the area at that time?
In September 2022, the German-Russian Nord Stream pipeline project came to an abrupt end. Explosions destroyed three lines of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. The search for perpetrators and backers continues to this day. Was it the United States of America, Ukraine, or even the Kremlin itself? There were numerous guesses.
Most recently, ARD and “Zeit” expressed the suspicion that a “pro-Ukrainian group” had carried out the blasting. With the yacht “Andromeda”, around 15 meters long, and plenty of explosives, the persons concerned drove near the Danish island of Bornholm and carried out the blasting.
Big doubts
Criticism of this theory quickly came up, also reported by t-online. “The reports raise more practical questions than they answer,” said former BND employee Gerhard Conrad. According to the experts, the mission to blow up Nord Stream was too complex.
As the “world” reports, there are also other issues that require examination. Accordingly, the Greek oil tanker “Minerva Julie” has been in the waters around Bornholm since September 5, 2022. Precisely in the region where strands of Nord Stream detonated on September 26, 2022.
This can of course be a coincidence, writes the “world”. At the same time, however, it points out that an encounter between the sailing yacht “Andromeda” and the “Minerva Julie” would at least not have been impossible before the latter left the area again on September 13th. “Why did the yacht set sail exactly when the ‘Minerva Julie’ crossed the later Nord Stream 1 explosion sites?” the “Welt am Sonntag” quoted data analyst Oliver Alexander from Denmark as saying.
The “world” also describes the “Minerva Julie” as “not just any ship”. Since the attack on Ukraine, it has called at ports of the aggressor Russia several times. But that doesn’t prove anything, according to the “world”. In fact, the ship’s stay at Bornholm may have been completely harmless. The “Minerva Julie” was waiting there for “instructions”, its Greek operating company explained to the medium.
What is certain is that the attacks on Nord Stream still leave many questions unanswered.
