BERLIN — German prosecutors announced Thursday the arrest of a Ukrainian national suspected of helping coordinate the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
The federal prosecutor general said Italian police detained Serhii K. overnight in Rimini using a European arrest warrant. He is accused of being one of the organizers of an operation that placed explosives on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm in September 2022.
The blasts caused massive gas leaks and severely damaged both pipelines, cutting a crucial energy link between Russia and Europe.
Investigators believe the group used a yacht rented from the German port of Rostock under false identities to transport explosives to the site. Traces of the military-grade explosive octogen were later discovered on board.
