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Biden: "There will be no longer Nord Stream, we will bring end to it"
Journalist: "How will you do that exactly, since project is in Germany's control?"
Biden: "I promise you we will be able to do that"
BERLIN (Reuters) -Poland received a European arrest warrant issued by Berlin in connection with the 2022 attack on Nord Stream pipelines, but the suspect, a Ukrainian man named as Volodymyr Z, has already left Poland, Polish prosecutors told Reuters.
He was able to leave as Germany had failed to include his name in a database of wanted persons, added the prosecutors.
The multi-billion dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting gas under the Baltic Sea were ruptured by a series of explosions in September 2022, seven months after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
German investigators believe Volodymyr Z, a Ukrainian diver, was part of a team that planted the explosives, the SZ and Die Zeit newspapers reported alongside the ARD broadcaster, citing unnamed sources.
originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: quintessentone
BAMN...not MM it stands for by any means necessary.
...glad I could help...
Mr. Sikorski, meanwhile, has a history of bold tweets. He posted, “Thank You, USA,” after the Russian NordStream pipeline was damaged in September 2022 — a suggestion the Americans caused it. He later deleted the post.
Sikorski was foreign minister from 2007 to 2014 and, as an MEP, is now part the EPP group in the European Parliament.
The controversial tweet includes a photo of gas coming out of the damaged Nord Stream pipeline, accompanied by the words “Thank You, USA”.
The tweet has attracted party-wide criticism, including from Sikorski’s colleagues from the Civic Platform (PO). The tweet was also criticised by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS).
“You cannot make such hypotheses, especially when you are a serious politician, a person about whom the public has no doubt that he has some knowledge,” PO lawmaker Borys Budka said on broadcaster Radio Plus. Sikorski “should think more about what he writes,” he added.
PO President Donald Tusk has a long talk about the situation with Sikorski, Budka also said.
Sikorski later explained his tweet with more tweets.
“The failure of Nord Stream narrows Putin’s room for manoeuvre. If he wants to resume gas supplies to Europe, he will have to talk to the countries controlling the Brotherhood and Yamal pipelines,” he wrote in one of them.
originally posted by: WeMustCare
Russia attacks Ukraine.
Ukraine blows up a Russian-owned natural gas pipeline.
It's WAR. What's the problem?
originally posted by: WeMustCare
Russia attacks Ukraine.
Ukraine blows up a Russian-owned natural gas pipeline.
It's WAR. What's the problem?
Poland’s former Foreign Minister, a sitting member of the European Parliament, is praising what he suggests is a US attack on part-German-owned civilian infrastructure, which could condemn millions to poverty in a frigid winter. I am speechless.
"Gas leak" from NS-1 is nothing more that a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression towards EU. 🇷🇺 wants to destabilize economic situation in Europe and cause pre-winter panic. The best response and security investment — tanks for 🇺🇦. Especially German ones…
A day after the attack, adviser to Ukraine's President Zelenskyy Mykhailo Podolyak blamed Russia,[185] alleging their intent "to destabilize economic situation in Europe and cause pre-winter panic."[186]
originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: quintessentone
...
Btw where are you from again that espouses such radical left leaning policy and candidates in the US. ...
Germany takes new steps to tackle the energy crisis
Aug 24, 2022
Germany has decided to replace all Russian energy imports, most notably natural gas, by as soon as mid-2024, a Herculean effort given Europe's top economy depends on Moscow for the fuel to power its industry.
In 2021, Russia accounted for 55% of Germany's gas imports, a level that had declined to 26% by the end of June 2022, due to significantly reduced flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which is operating at just 20% of capacity.
Since a landmark strategic shift outlined in a speech by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany has taken numerous measures to tackle the challenge while softening the blow to its economy and citizens.