The Hungarian minister criticizes Donald Tusk. “We don't want a Europe where prime ministers defend terrorists”
“According to Donald Tusk, blowing up a gas pipeline is acceptable. This is shocking, because one wants to ask what else can be blown up and still consider it forgivable and even praiseworthy. One thing is certain: we do not want a Europe where prime ministers defend terrorists,” wrote Szijjarto, referring to the words of the Polish Prime Minister.
It all started with Donald Tusk's Tuesday entry, in which he stated that “the problem with Nord Stream 2 was not its blowing up, but its construction.”
Tusk thus referred to the issue of the gas pipeline, which had been controversial in Central and Eastern Europe from the very beginning, as it was a project that made the region dependent on Russian gas.
The Polish Prime Minister also raised the case of Volodymyr Ż., a Ukrainian citizen detained in Poland under a European arrest warrant. The man is suspected of participating in the blowing up of Nord Stream 2. During a press conference with Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene, Tusk emphasized that Poland should act in accordance with its own interests and the principles of justice.
“It is certainly not in Poland's interest and in the interest of a simple sense of decency and justice to accuse or hand over this citizen to another country,” he stressed.
Detention of Volodymyr Zh. and investigation
Volodymyr Ż., a 49-year-old citizen of Ukraine, was detained on September 30 at his place of residence in Poland. He is suspected of constitutional sabotage, destruction of property and destruction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. An arrest warrant was issued by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. Currently, the man is in pre-trial detention in Warsaw, and his detention has been extended until November 9.
The detainee himself denies having any connection with the attack on the gas pipeline. He claims that he was in Ukraine at the time of the incident that took place on September 26, 2022. Let us recall that the destruction of three of the four lines of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 was caused by explosions, which caused international tensions and accusations of sabotage.
