00:01A Ukrainian national was arrested on Wednesday in Croatia on suspicion of involvement in the
00:08September 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipeline. According to German prosecutors,
00:15the person arrested is a trained scuba diver who was part of a group of individuals who planted
00:21explosives on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. He was strongly suspected of jointly causing
00:27explosions, anti-constitutional sabotage and destruction of buildings and structures they added.
00:34The undersea gas pipeline was linking Russia to Germany to carry Russian natural gas under the
00:40Baltic Sea. The incident had heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine at a time when Europe
00:47was seeking to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels. According to prosecutors, the aim of these
00:54explosions was to prevent Moscow from profiting from its energy revenues. Russia had accused
01:01the United States of being behind these explosions, an accusation denied by Washington.
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