{"id":9530,"date":"2025-11-28T18:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=9530"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:43:31","slug":"german-court-arrests-nord-stream-blast-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/german-court-arrests-nord-stream-blast-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"German court arrests Nord Stream blast suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investigators claim the Ukrainian national led a group of saboteurs that blew up the pipelines<\/strong><\/p>\n

A German court has issued a formal arrest warrant for a Ukrainian national allegedly involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022.<\/p>\n

The 49-year old, identified by media as former Ukrainian military officer Sergey Kuznetsov, supposedly led a small group of Ukrainian saboteurs. According to the German authorities, the group rented a yacht and planted explosives on the pipelines using commercial diving gear. The explosion severed three of the four pipelines that carried Russian natural gas to Germany.<\/p>\n

Moscow has dismissed this version of events as “ridiculous,”<\/em> suggesting involvement of NATO countries due to the complexity of the sabotage operation.<\/p>\n

A statement published by the Office of the Federal Public Prosecutor General on Friday said that the “investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice executed the arrest warrant today <\/em>[November 28] against Ukrainian national Serhii K.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The man was apprehended in Italy in August and extradited to Germany on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Another suspect in the case, identified as Vladimir Z., was detained in Poland in late September pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant.<\/p>\n

However, in October, the Warsaw District Court struck down a German extradition request, ordering the suspect’s immediate release. The local media quoted Judge Dariusz Lubowski as arguing that Germany lacked jurisdiction, as the explosions occurred in international waters.<\/p>\n

He went on to describe the blasts as “justified, rational and just.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Blowing up critical infrastructure during a war – during a just, defensive war – is not sabotage but denotes a military action,”<\/em> the Polish judge concluded.<\/p>\n

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also justified the sabotage, posting on X that “the problem with North Stream 2 is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded that Tusk’s statement reveals Poland’s willingness to condone terrorism as long as it hurts Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investigators claim the Ukrainian national led a group of saboteurs that blew up the pipelines A German court has issued a formal arrest warrant for a Ukrainian national allegedly involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022. The 49-year old, identified by media as former Ukrainian…<\/p>\n

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