Croatian authorities are based on the European Order for arrest from Germany in Pula arrested Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Z, who was accused of participating in gas pipeline sabotage North Stream. His speedy extradition is expected.
According to the German Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, the arrest was carried out by the Police Department of Pula with the coordination of the Directorate of Police in Zagreb. Deutsche says.
The suspect is under serious suspicion that, together with other perpetrators, he caused the explosion of an explosive device on the Severni Tok gas pipeline and thereby committed unconstitutional sabotage and destruction of infrastructure.
Terrorist group diver
The German Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, which is responsible for acts directed against the constitutional order, states in the arrest warrant that Ukrainian Vladimir Z. is a trained diver and that he belonged to a group of people gathered around his compatriot Serhiy K., against whom separate proceedings are being conducted.
This group is accused of placing explosive devices on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in September 2022, near the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The suspect participated in the dives required to plant the explosives.
For transportation, he and his accomplices used a sailboat that sailed from the German port of Rostock. The yacht was previously rented from a German company through an intermediary, with the help of forged personal documents.
The explosive devices were detonated on September 26, 2022 and caused heavy damage to both gas pipelines.
Continuation – in Germany
After extradition from Croatia, the suspect should be brought before the investigating judge of the German Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe.
On June 30, 2026, the German Federal State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Serhij K., against whom separate proceedings are being conducted, before the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg.
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