Bojan Pancevski on the Nord Stream Blasts, the Hamburg Trial, and the Ukrainian Government’s Silence

It has been four years since the Russian Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were blown up in the Baltic Sea. Bojan Pancevski, a journalist with The Wall Street Journal, spent three years working on his book, The Nord StreamConspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the World, published in spring 2026. In the book, he reconstructs the sabotage of the pipelines, describes the work of German investigators, who were aided in their investigation by images captured by speed cameras, and reveals the makeup ofthe sabotage team, some of whose members were civilians.This autumn, a trial will begin in Hamburg against Ukrainian veteran Serhii Kuznietsov, who was arrested in Italy last year. German investigators believe he was the coordinator of the team behind the sabotage.Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk speaks with Bojan Pancevski about Vladimir Putin’s major geopolitical project in Europe; how Nord Stream helped pave the way for a full-scale war; the German investigation into the pipeline explosions and allegations that Ukrainians committed a war crime; and who may have been behind the destruction of the Russian pipeline.Do you like our podcast? Support the Public Interest Journalism Lab with a Donation https://www.journlab.online/donations