A year after the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it is still not clear who is behind the sabotage. Yet there are increasing indications that the attack was carried out by a Ukrainian team . The NOS reports this.

Joint research by various European media, including NOS and Nieuwsuur , managed to identify two people involved. According to the investigation , 41-year-old Ukrainian businessman Rustem A. appears to be behind the Polish company that paid for the rental of the suspect ship .

According to sources, the German investigation team also has the man in their sights. The request for the reservation was allegedly made from the email address of a second person , a 28-year-old man from Mariupol, Ukraine. Sources close to the investigation confirm that the Ukrainian is prominently featured, but say they do not know whether the man was used or was actually involved in the attack.

Sweden , which is also investigating the attack, told the press on Wednesday that the prosecutor hopes to decide before the end of the year whether the country will file charges. However, nothing will happen in the next four weeks, said prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist. He also said the country is cooperating with German authorities.