# Explosions rupture Nord Stream gas links in the Baltic Sea

Date: 2022

Explosions on 26 September 2022 damaged the Nord Stream gas links in the Baltic Sea, cutting infrastructure that had linked Russia and Germany. The event became the subject of a long-running multinational investigation. German prosecutors later identified Ukrainian suspects, while the Ukrainian government denied ordering the sabotage. This fact records the infrastructure attack and the subsequent attribution dispute; it assigns no personal contribution to [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](/people/volodymyr-zelenskyy) because the cited sources do not establish that he ordered or knew of the operation.

## Sources

- https://apnews.com/article/fdbddfa8c362df5a9f81e617e546b287

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-nord-stream-blasts-2022-09-26