Judicial authorities in Ukraine have found no evidence so far of the Ukrainian state's involvement in the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in 2022, the prosecutor general's office in Kiev said on Thursday.
The office said investigations are ongoing and stressed that it is cooperating with authorities in Germany, saying "Ukraine is prepared to help clarify all the facts of the case."
German prosecutors last week filed charges against a former Ukrainian soldier accused of helping to coordinate the sabotage of the pipelines, which once transported Russian natural gas to Germany.
German authorities have said they believe the sabotage was carried out on behalf of a foreign state.
In 2022, the suspect, identified only as Serhiy K under German privacy laws, was still an active soldier.
However, Germany's Federal Court of Justice says the soldier cannot rely on so-called combatant privilege, under which lawful wartime acts by members of the armed forces of a party to a conflict are not punishable.
The charges filed in Germany do not constitute a conviction, Ukraine's prosecutor general's office wrote. It cited investigations into possible Russian war crimes as the basis for its probe, not the proceedings in Germany.
The explosions near the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm in September 2022 severely damaged both Nord Stream pipelines, bringing gas flows to a complete halt. Before the attack, Nord Stream 1 transported Russian natural gas to Germany, while Nord Stream 2 had not yet entered service.
In the months following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow had already repeatedly reduced or suspended deliveries through Nord Stream 1.
