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A Russian Navy ship specializing in underwater operations was present near the scene of the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines shortly before the explosions in late September, the Danish daily “Information” reported on Friday.

The Danish military confirmed to the newspaper that it has 26 photographs of the SS-750 ship, which includes a midget submarine, taken in the Baltic Sea four days before the September 26 explosions.

Asked by AFP, the Danish army did not wish to react immediately.

“The Danish military confirmed that 26 images of the Russian ship were taken from a Danish patrol boat in the area east of Bornholm on September 22, 2022,” writes “Information”.

Seven months following the spectacular sabotage of these strategic gas pipelines linking Russia to Germany, the responsibility for the submarine attack remains a mystery despite criminal investigations in neighboring countries (Germany, Sweden and Denmark).

The “New York Times” had told him in early March, on the basis of information consulted by American intelligence, that a “pro-Ukrainian group” would be behind the sabotage, but without the involvement of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Germany had announced at the same time to investigate a boat suspected of having transported the explosives to the site, without being able to draw any conclusions on the identity of the perpetrators.

The only certainty is that this sabotage is linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but “it’s a complex affair”, explained in early April a Swedish prosecutor who is taking part in the investigation.

“Our main hypothesis is that a state is behind” this sabotage, the prosecution had indicated.

For analyst Jacob Kaarsbo, a former Danish military intelligence officer, the presence of the SS-750 in the area “sheds light on what was happening in the region in the previous days.

The confirmation of his presence in the sector is particularly interesting, “because we know that he has the capacity to carry out such an operation”, he said to “Information”.

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The Sudanese army added in its statement that the plane landed safely and is being repaired.

For its part, the Rapid Support Forces denied shooting the plane and said that the army was spreading “lies”.

And the Rapid Support Forces stated in a statement: “Our forces remained strictly committed to the humanitarian truce that we agreed to since midnight, and it is not true that we targeted any aircraft in the sky of Wadi Sayedna in Omdurman.”

Hundreds were killed and tens of thousands fled, two weeks following the conflict broke out between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

On Thursday evening, the two sides agreed to extend the ceasefire for 72 hours to allow humanitarian access, but fighting broke out in parts of the capital, Khartoum, on Friday, witnesses said and a live video broadcast showed.