A Ukrainian man suspected of taking part in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines acted on behalf of state authorities, German prosecutors said on Thursday, reported Xinhua.
The Office of the Federal Prosecutor said the man, identified as Serhii K., was an officer in the Ukrainian army in 2022. After the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in late February that year, he and other military personnel allegedly developed a plan on behalf of Ukrainian state authorities to destroy the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
Serhii K. is suspected, as a co-perpetrator, of committing a war crime by attacking civilian objects, causing an explosive blast, destroying buildings and disrupting public utilities, the prosecutors said, adding that the suspect led the plan and a group formed by several professional divers, a skipper, and an explosives expert.
The prosecutors said Serhii K. and his accomplices used a yacht to transport large amounts of high-performance explosives, which could be used for military purposes, to international waters near the Danish island of Bornholm.
On Sept. 26, 2022, the group detonated several explosive devices, which they had placed on the gas pipelines on the seabed, causing large gas leaks.
Serhii K. was arrested in Italy in August 2025 and was transferred to Germany the following November, the prosecutors said.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
