Zelensky says Ukraine had no role in Nord Stream pipeline blasts

Volodymyr Zelensky denied Ukrainian involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions, telling reporters at a Nordic-Baltic Eight meeting that Germany is aware Kyiv did not conceive or execute the operation. He offered continued cooperation with the investigation, framing it as a matter of preserving trust with European partners.

The denial comes as the case advances: retired Ukrainian officer Serhiy Kuznetsov was extradited to Germany and is on trial, while diving instructor Volodymyr Zhuravlev, once released by a Warsaw court that refused extradition, was detained again in Croatia nearly a year later.

The Wall Street Journal has reported that a group of Ukrainian officers planned the operation back in May 2022, a detail that sits awkwardly alongside official denials of state involvement.

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