German police appear confident that they have located and searched the vessel used to carry out the sabotage in their investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline explosions in the Baltic Sea last September.
According to German media outlet Die Zeit, it was allegedly chartered by a business with a Polish address that is owned by two Ukrainians and involved six people.
Following the explosions, they moored the boat on the tiny Danish island of Christians before setting sail from the German port of Rostock. German law enforcement later discovered it.
The administrators of Christians were previously asked by the Danish police to assist them in determining whether any of the island's 91 residents saw anything back in December.
Administrator Sren Thiim Andersen told DR: "Subsequently, we made a post on behalf of the police on our neighborhood Facebook, where we have encouraged our citizens who are Christians to contact us if they have photo or video documentation relating to the specific days in mid-September.
No conclusive evidence has surfaced thus far. The Danish Police have visited the island to examine any potential evidence and speak with a variety of locals in an effort to uncover fresh leads.
The New York Times and a number of German media outlets claim that a pro-Ukrainian organization opposed to the pipeline link between Germany and Russia was responsible for the explosions.
The Putin administration's involvement in the sabotage, according to The Times, is not supported by any evidence.
Oleksiy Resnikov, the minister of defense of Ukraine, disputes any involvement. According to a statement, his Danish counterpart, Troels Lund Poulsen, stated he did not want to "interfere in the case."