the Serbian president denies any involvement of his country

Aleksandar Vucic announced on Sunday that Serbia was conducting its own investigation into the explosion that damaged the canal.

Serbia responds. Its president, Aleksandar Vucic, rejected, Sunday December 1, any involvement of Belgrade in the attack on a water canal crucial for Kosovo's energy sector. “Yesterday, an attempted hybrid attack, large and ferocious, took place against our country”he declared at a press conference, adding that Serbia was carrying out its own investigation. “Hybrid warfare” refers to the use, against adversaries, of activities more subversive than conventional military operations, such as sabotage.

This water channel, crucial for supplying thousands of homes with drinking water and for Kosovo's energy sector, was damaged by an explosion on Friday evening near Zubin Potok, in north-west Kosovo, a predominantly populated region. by Serbs. The Kosovo government denounced “the worst attack on infrastructure” since the end of the war against Belgrade (1998-1999) and accused Serbia of having “orchestrated”.

After visiting the site on Saturday, Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti said “that it was impossible for these acts to have been committed by an individual or an ordinary citizen”. “Professional organizations specializing in this type of terrorist attacks are behind this. Serbia is the only entity with the capacity, means and interest to carry out such acts”he accused. “I am not going to claim today that the attack was ordered by Kurti. The investigation will show [le commanditaire]because we are also carrying out our own investigation”retorted the Serbian president.