Autopsy #12 Is Ukraine behind the NordStream Sabotage?

In this week's Autopsy, we react to a DW News segment reporting that German prosecutors have concluded Ukraine ordered the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. You can watch the full segment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXy4wMdE1Hc. We analysed this in episode 27 back in February 2023, when a stakeholder analysis based purely on capability and motive pointed away from Russia and towards Ukraine and the United States as the most likely actors. Now we have a little more certainty.The story is not just about who did it. It is about Germany's response, which is essentially no response at all. Nord Stream 2 was an eleven billion dollar infrastructure project and the foundation of Germany's strategic energy model for decades. Its destruction is a direct cause of the industrial crisis that German manufacturers, workers, and citizens have been living with ever since. The perpetrator has now been identified, and it is the country that Germany has been arming and financing for four years. The reaction from Berlin is closer to awkward silence than accountability.This is the Western Bubble at its most revealing. Ukraine gets away with an act of war against a core NATO ally because the narrative of defeating Russia cannot be interrupted. Germany cannot hold Ukraine to account without undermining the entire political framework it has built around the conflict. So it does not. This podcast is an individual project between us, Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. We are supported by our producer Stefani Obradovic from Western Bubble Insights & Strategy. If you would like to get in touch with us, write us an email at [email protected].