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Accused in Nord Stream Sabotage Claimed to Have Worked for SBU: Media

Accused in Nord Stream Sabotage Claimed to Have Worked for SBU: Media

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Accused in Nord Stream Sabotage Claimed to Have Worked for SBU: Media"Kuznetsov claims that at the time of the crime, he was serving in the Ukrainian Armed... 21.07.2026, Sputnik Africa

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Accused in Nord Stream Sabotage Claimed to Have Worked for SBU: Media"Kuznetsov claims that at the time of the crime, he was serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and working for the Ukrainian special services," Stern reported, citing an indictment by Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation reportedly established that he made this confession during a phone call with his wife while held in an Italian pretrial detention facility. However, according to Stern, investigators currently possess only circumstantial evidence against Kuznetsov. German prosecutors formally charged Kuznetsov on July 1 over the September 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. Read Sputnik Africa's breakdown on what happened to the Nord Stream pipelinesSubscribe to @sputnik_africa Sputnik Africa | X

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