Former Ukrainian officer tried for Nord Stream pipeline sabotage

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 05:32 · Archive

A former Ukrainian army officer is on trial in Germany over explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022.

A former Ukrainian army officer went on trial in Germany on Wednesday over undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in September 2022. The incident is considered one of Europe's biggest acts of sabotage since World War II. The defendant, identified in court only as Serhii K. under German privacy rules, faces charges of causing an explosion, damaging property, disrupting public service and being an 'accomplice to war crimes' by attacking civilian infrastructure.

According to prosecutors, the alleged plot aimed to permanently disrupt gas deliveries and prevent Russia from using revenues to finance its military operations. The defendant and others allegedly used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock, which had been rented from a German company using forged identification documents.

While international observers initially blamed Moscow for the explosions, investigators have increasingly examined suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved, even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies. The trial is being held under strict security measures at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg.

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• A former Ukrainian officer goes on trial over sabotage of Nord Stream pipelinesA former Ukrainian army officer is going on trial in Germany over undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany four years ago.Clickorlando · 14 Oct, 05:15
• A former Ukrainian officer goes on trial over sabotage of Nord Stream pipelinesA former Ukrainian army officer is going on trial in Germany over undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany four years ago.News4Jax · 14 Oct, 05:15

In this story: Germany · Russia · Ukraine · Serhii K. · Baltic Sea · Rostock

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