Zakharova: Tusk's stance on Nord Stream could 'boomerang' against Poland's security

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has commented on Telegram on recent statements by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk regarding the Nord Stream pipeline bombings, according to Yevropeiska Pravda.

Zakharova claimed Tusk's remarks carried a "dangerous destructive charge" for what remains of the international legal system. She argued that Warsaw's demonstrative position on the Nord Stream sabotage could eventually boomerang against Poland's own vital interests and security.

Polish-German rift highlighted

The Russian spokeswoman also said Tusk's statement exposed disagreements and rivalry between Poland and Germany within the EU and NATO, which she linked to what she described as both countries' "excessive ambitions". She characterized Poland's call for Germany to essentially accept with gratitude a terrorist attack on energy infrastructure that had brought Berlin tens of billions of euros in profit as a direct challenge.

Context of Tusk's remarks

On 21 August, Donald Tusk said Germany should not prosecute those suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, adding that shame should fall on those who built the Russian pipelines, not those who put them out of action.

His statement followed the detention on Wednesday in Croatia of a Ukrainian suspect in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline bombing case, arrested under a European arrest warrant issued by Germany. Media reports said the suspect had been registered as a member of a film crew working on a documentary about the sabotage.