German investigators are examining evidence that the saboteurs who blew up the Nord Stream used Poland as an operational base. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday. At the same time, during the investigation, specialists gained access to Andromeda, which the passengers, according to the newspaper, returned unwashed. They found traces of explosives, DNA samples and fingerprints on board. Investigators are now investigating whether the DNA they found belongs to a Ukrainian soldier they previously identified.

Other evidence points to "Poland being the logistical and funding center" for the sabotage, The Wall Street Journal notes. According to the newspaper, investigators are investigating "why the yacht was rented through a travel agency in Warsaw, which may be part of a network of Ukrainian-owned companies believed to be linked to Ukrainian intelligence." As The Wall Street Journal points out, the latest information "increasingly reinforces the investigators' view that Ukrainians were behind the sabotage," while specialists are also studying whether "Polish territory could have been used for the attack."

The newspaper reports that a representative of the German Prosecutor General's Office declined to comment on reports that the saboteurs who blew up Nord Stream were using Poland as an operational base. At the same time, "other German officials familiar with the investigation stated that they had no evidence of the involvement of the Polish government" in the sabotage. In turn, the representative of the national security of Poland, whose words are quoted by the newspaper, said that "not a single Polish state institution is involved in this." "I cannot rule out that a Polish or some other company is involved in this," he said.

At the same time, the German authorities told the American Wall Street Journal that they had no evidence of Poland's involvement in the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. German officials familiar with the investigation told the publication that they "have no evidence of the Polish government's involvement" in the Nord Stream attacks. After the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion last summer, the United States and NATO called the incident an act of sabotage, but Moscow blamed the explosion on the West.