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The Guardian - UK
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Deborah Cole in Berlin

German prosecutors accuse Kyiv of ordering 2022 Nord Stream sabotage

Serhiy Kuznietsov being led handcuffed by armed German police.
The former Ukrainian military officer Serhiy Kuznietsov is charged with war crimes. Photograph: Thilo Schmülgen/Reuters

German prosecutors have accused Ukrainian “state authorities” of ordering the 2022 explosives attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe, a charge likely to ignite tensions between Kyiv and Berlin, its biggest military backer.

The sabotage in the Baltic Sea by a team of assailants almost entirely destroyed the seafloor infrastructure of the key source of Russian gas to Germany.

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