‘Shame on the builders, not the saboteurs’: Polish prime minister calls on Germany to drop its Nord Stream bombing case

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called on Germany to drop its prosecution of suspects in the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Tusk stated that those responsible for constructing the pipeline should feel shame, not those who shut it down. The Polish broadcaster TVP reported that Tusk criticized Poland's long-standing opposition to the pipeline's construction, which he claimed would increase Europe's dependence on Russian gas.

Tusk said Germany's perspective on the matter had changed, but it was too late. On August 21, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked to comment on Tusk's remarks. Peskov defended the pipeline's construction, stating that its builders had made a significant contribution to energy security on the European continent. Peskov described the pipeline bombers as committing an act of terrorist sabotage against Europe's critical energy infrastructure.

Volodymyr Zhuravlev, a Ukrainian citizen detained in Croatia on suspicion of involvement in the bombing, is accused by German authorities of being directly involved. Zhuravlev denies the allegations.