From ABC News: A Ukrainian man suspected of setting off explosions that damaged Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany more than three years ago has been placed in custody in Germany.
A judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe issued an arrest warrant on Friday for 49-year-old Ukrainian Serhii Kuznietsov and ordered he be held in custody, federal prosecutors said.
Undersea explosions on Sept. 26, 2022, damaged pipelines that were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The damage added to tensions over the war in Ukraine as European countries moved to wean themselves off Russian energy sources, following the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
German prosecutors said Kuznietsov was one of a group of people who placed explosives on the pipelines and is believed to have been the coordinator. They said he is suspected of causing explosions, anti-constitutional sabotage and the destruction of structures.
Prosecutors are accusing Kuznietsov and others of launching a yacht from Germany, which had allegedly been hired using forged IDs. Kuznietsov has denied the charges, and says he was in Ukraine serving as an Army captain at the time of the incident.
Sky News announced in August that Kuznietsov had been arrested in Italy while vacationing with his family. He was just taken to Germany on Thursday after Italy finally approved his extradition last week.
BREAKING: A Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany has been arrestedhttps://t.co/TC2ROCL7wW
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