Second suspect in Nord Stream case arrested in Croatia, say German prosecutors
German prosecutors say the suspect helped plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines and will be extradited to face sabotage and war-crimes charges.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian national Vladimir was arrested in Pula, Croatia, by police acting on a European arrest warrant linked to the Nord Stream pipeline explosions.
- Prosecutors said Vladimir is a trained scuba diver who was part of a group that planted explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 near the Danish island of Bornholm in Sept 2022.
- Police previously detained Serhii in Italian territory, with prosecutors charging him as an "accomplice to war crimes." Both men allegedly used a yacht chartered from the German port of Rostock.
- The undersea explosions ruptured Nord Stream, Russia's main gas supply route to Germany, while Nord Stream 2 never entered service because Germany suspended its certification process.
- Russia has accused Washington of staging the explosions, a charge Washington has denied, as prosecutors say the plot aimed to disrupt gas deliveries and prevent Russia from financing military operations.
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The German Prosecutor's Office accuses Ukrainian Vladimir Z. of joining the group that planted explosives in Nord Stream 1 and 2 in 2022 and preparing for their transfer to Germany
The Germans issued an arrest warrant for the Ukrainian man, who had previously been released by the Poles.
(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = Germany... reported that a Ukrainian national suspect involved in the plot to bomb the Russian undersea gas pipeline Nord Stream in September 2022 has been arrested.
Another suspect was arrested this morning, August 19, in connection with the Nord Stream gas pipeline attacks. The man, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in Pula, Croatia. He had a European arrest warrant issued by Germany. Vladimir Z., as he is called, had already been arrested in Poland, but […] The article "Ukrainian citizen arrested in Croatia: he is a suspect in the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline attacks" comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The man had previously been arrested in Poland, but Polish courts refused to extradite him to Germany.
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