Former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny commissioned the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines – media | 8 Sept 2025 | Former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny commissioned the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Monday, citing an investigator familiar with the matter. According to the newspaper, German investigators believe they have cracked the case of the attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2, which run under the Baltic Sea and were built to carry Russian natural gas directly to Germany. Previous Western media reports claimed that the authorities already knew the identities of the entire crew — reportedly made up of Ukrainian nationals — aboard the yacht Andromeda, which is suspected of being the vessel involved in the sabotage.