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German investigators at the moment are accusing Poland of not executing the European arrest and search warrants issued in opposition to Z. by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice in June. Germany’s federal legal police and Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office are displeased. An official aware of the investigation made a critical accusation to WELT AM SONNTAG, claiming that Poland was sabotaging the investigation. Another individual aware of the investigation known as the episode “obstruction of justice.”
That’s not an unusual view in Germany.
“The Polish authorities clearly let him go so as to cowl up its personal involvement within the assault on the pipelines,” August Hanning, the previous head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, informed WELT AM SONNTAG. He is satisfied that the presidents of Poland and Ukraine, Andrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have been conscious of the assault plans. “Operations of such dimensions are inconceivable with out the approval of the political leaders of the nations concerned,” mentioned Hanning.
Investigators say that the six-man diving crew that allegedly planted the explosives from the crusing yacht “Andromeda” had been educated in Poland. Investigators additionally consider Warsaw could have supplied logistical assist for the underwater operation. Crew members on the Andromeda are suspected of getting taken on board gear vital for the assault within the seaside resort of Kołobrzeg, the place the vessel made a stopover seven days earlier than the explosions.
German investigators are additionally accusing the Polish authorities of intentionally withholding video recordings from the marina in Kołobrzeg. That refusal has fueled German suspicions of a coverup.
In Poland, authorities say they’re outraged by the accusations coming from Germany. “The allegation that Ukraine carried out this motion with Polish information is totally unfounded,” Jacek Siewiera, the top of the Poland’s National Security Bureau, informed WELT AM SONNTAG. He mentioned accusations and insinuations are coming from a detailed circle of former pro-Russian officers who not maintain positions of energy. “I hope that we’re not coping with an organized disinformation marketing campaign through which folks have allowed themselves for use guilty Poland,” mentioned Siewiera. Poland, he mentioned, is investigating all leads, together with the likelihood that Russia was concerned within the assault.
