Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev said the Russian side will insist on continuing an investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in order to identify all masterminds and perpetrators. He added that the fact that "the German prosecutor general’s office admitted that it was not just an accident involving six diving amateurs who somehow managed to plant explosives" was "an important sign by itself." Earlier, the German prosecutor general's office said it had charged a Ukrainian citizen, Sergey Kuznetsov, who is suspected of being involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. On September 26, 2022, unprecedented damage was reported on three lines of the Nord Stream pipeline and the unfinished Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office initiated a case on international terrorism.