Swedish prosecutors annnounced Wednesday that the country dropped its investigation into the 2022 explosions on Nord Stream pipelines.
The prosecutors concluded that they did not have jurisdiction over the pipeline. According to the official decision, sabotage against the Nord Stream pipeline was not a crime “against the security of the kingdom.” The prosecutor’s office said they gave their findings to Germany, who is still conducting their own investigation.
Washington Post reported in November that Ukrainan colonel Roman Chervinsky coordinated the attacks on the Nord Stream pipeline. Chervinsky’s attorney denied Chervinsky’s involvement on the attack on the pipeline. Currently, Chervinsky is in Ukrainian jail for allegedly sharing coordinates of a Ukrainian airfield to a Russian pilot, which authorities claim led to an attack on the airfield, killing one and injuring 17 soldiers.
The Nord Stream pipeline is a natural gas pipeliane connecting Vyborg, Russia, to Greifswald, Germany. On September 26, 2022, roughly seven months after Russia began their invasion of Ukraine, Nord AG registered a pressure drop in the natural gas pipeline, which was later determined to be from a rupture in the pipeline. Russia is still conducting their own investigation into the pipeline’s possible sabotage.