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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh, Philip Oltermann and Lorenzo Tondo in Kyiv

Officials believe pro-Ukraine group may have sabotaged Nord Stream – reports

Gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in September
Gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in September. Photograph: Danish Defence/AFP/Getty Images

European and US intelligence officials have obtained tentative intelligence to suggest a pro-Ukrainian saboteur group may have been behind the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, according to reports in the New York Times and German newspaper Die Zeit.

German investigators believe the attack on the pipelines was carried out by a team of six people, using a yacht that had been hired by a company registered in Poland and owned by two Ukrainian citizens, according to Die Zeit.

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