Russia requests UN Security Council meeting on Nord Stream sabotage

RT.com
24 Aug 2025, 05:54 GMT+10

Moscow says German-led probe has faced delays and lacks transparency

Russia has requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting following the arrest of a Ukrainian man allegedly involved in the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.

In September 2022, explosions disabled three of the four lines carrying Russian gas to Germany through the Baltic Sea. Moscow has repeatedly accused Germany and neighboring countries of delaying the investigation and excluding Russia from the probe.

"We will highlight the delays in the German investigation and the absence of transparency," Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky wrote on Telegram. He added that the meeting is scheduled for Tuesday.

On Thursday, Italian police detained a Ukrainian citizen, later identified in the media as former military officer Sergey Kuznetsov. Prosecutors allege he coordinated a team that rented a yacht and planted explosives on the pipelines using commercial diving gear.

German investigators reportedly believe a small group of Ukrainians was behind the attack, a claim Moscow dismissed as "ridiculous."

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested the US likely orchestrated the sabotage. Last year, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service claimed it had "credible information" that US and British agents were involved in the plot.

(RT.com)

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