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THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE 2022 NORD STREAM PIPELINE EXPLOSIONS HAS TAKEN A NEW TURN.

NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE THE EVENT, GERMAN AUTHORITIES ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT WEDNESDAY FOR A UKRAINIAN DIVING INSTRUCTOR IDENTIFIED AS VOLODYMYR Z. HE IS SUSPECTED OF LEADING A SOPHISTICATED UNDERWATER ATTACK ON THE PIPELINES IN SEPTEMBER 2022.

WHILE THESE PIPELINES — WHICH ARE CRUCIAL FOR TRANSPORTING RUSSIAN GAS TO GERMANY — WERE NOT ACTIVE AT THE TIME — THEY STILL CONTAINED PRESSURIZED GAS, LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT GAS LEAKS NEAR DENMARK’S BORNHOLM ISLAND.

VOLODYMYR IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CONDUCTED THE SABOTAGE FROM A SAILING YACHT THAT TRAVELED THROUGH DENMARK AND SWEDEN. INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED EXPLOSIVES ON THE YACHT — DIRECTLY CONNECTING IT TO THE SABOTAGE.

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PIPELINES ESCALATED POLITICAL TENSIONS — WITH RUSSIA ACCUSING WESTERN COUNTRIES — ALL OF WHOM HAVE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT.

POLISH OFFICIALS  CONFIRMED THEY RECEIVED THE ARREST WARRANT BUT IT WAS TOO LATE — VOLODYMYR HAD ALREADY LEFT POLAND AND HEADED TO UKRAINE. POLAND SAYS GERMAN AUTHORITIES FAILED TO PUT THE SUSPECT ON THE

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A MARRIED COUPLE — BOTH UKRAINIAN DIVING INSTRUCTORS — HAVE ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED IN GERMANY’S INVESTIGATION INTO THE SABOTAGE. HOWEVER — NO ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THEM YET — ACCORDING TO GERMAN NEWS REPORTS.

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