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The Wall Street Journal warns that the investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline explosions “threatens to fracture support for Ukraine.”

German investigators reportedly believe Kiev was behind the sabotage, specifically pointing to former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny.

According to WSJ sources, an elite Ukrainian military unit carried out the attacks under Zaluzhny’s direct supervision, aiming to deprive Russia of energy revenues and weaken its economic ties with Germany.

The article recalls that suspects have already been detained across Europe and warns of serious fallout if a German trial against Ukrainian nationals begins. Such proceedings could further strain relations with Germany which is Ukraine’s top financial donor and key arms supplier, particularly of air defense systems.

Political pressure is also mounting on Merz, though his circle believes the issue can still be contained domestically. German society, sources say, has largely accepted that Kiev was responsible.

However, WSJ notes, the diplomatic consequences would be far easier for Berlin if investigators hadn’t gathered such compelling evidence against Ukraine.

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlM
    7·
    23 hours ago

    Let’s not pretend Europe didn’t know this from the start. The only purpose it could serve is as a pretext to drop Ukraine support.

  • highduc@lemmy.ml
    12·
    2 days ago

    Europe is too cowardly to admit the truth. Luckily it seems the general population doesn’t care either.

  • Corridor8031@lemmy.ml
    414·
    1 day ago

    yeah i dont care these pipelines should never have been built in the first place. Them gone probably made the world better ngl.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      1 day ago

      yeah, they made the world better by increasing the price of fuel in europe. this is a win for uh…?

      i suppose increased suffering on europe is a net good, but still.

      • Corridor8031@lemmy.ml
        314·
        1 day ago

        i suppose increased suffering on europe is a net good, but still.

        Get the help you need

        • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          14·
          1 day ago

          you’re the one who thinks it’s a good thing ukraine and the US did a terrorism on infrastructure.

          but do explain how this made the world better. please.

          • Corridor8031@lemmy.ml
            212·
            1 day ago

            well it is another incentive for companys, the goverment and the people to not use gas.

            which might future strengthen/ pushes them to use green alternatives.

            also it is also a strategical reminder how centralised infrastructure is in danger, which might push green alternative, which is more dencentralised, further.

            and i said probably. I think the short term issues get balanced by the long term effects.

            • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
              2·
              8 hours ago

              You need manufacturing capacity to enable a green transition. Solar panels and wind turbines have to be made somewhere. Without cheap energy there is no manufacturing and no green transition. The only other option would have been buying Chinese solar panels, but Europe also chooses to antagonize China and place import restrictions and tariffs on its products at the same time they cut themselves off from Russian energy. Therefore Europe’s “green transition” is a wishful thinking, it simply won’t materialize. Europe is just becoming more dependent on expensive US fossil fuels.

            • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              15·
              1 day ago

              that might be true if the response was to 1) buy solar tech from china and 2) re-invest in european renewable energy manufacturing

              but instead, they joined a stupid trade war with china and pivoted to buying gas from 1) russia but more expensive, because it goes through intermediaries and 2) the US, also more expensive.