Croatia orders detention of Ukrainian man wanted in Germany for Nord Stream blasts in 2022
German prosecutors say the trained diver helped plant explosives that destroyed three of four Nord Stream pipelines.
- On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Croatian police arrested Ukrainian diver Volodymyr Zhuravlov in Pula for his alleged role in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions; he was detained on the set of Zmiinyi Island while filming a project about the sabotage.
- Explosions on September 26, 2022, damaged three of four lines beneath the Baltic Sea at a depth of about 80 meters; German prosecutors allege Zhuravliov was a trained diver who placed explosives near Bornholm Island.
- Polish police arrested Zhuravliov near Warsaw in autumn 2025, but a Polish court rejected Germany's extradition request after ruling the pipelines could be treated as a legitimate military target during armed conflict.
- German prosecutors now seek Zhuravliov's extradition from Croatia to face trial at the Federal Court for anti-constitutional sabotage; if extradited, he would join suspect Serhii K., who faces charges in Hamburg.
- Investigations into who ordered the sabotage remain inconclusive, with German authorities citing strong grounds to believe a state initiated the attack, while Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office denies involvement and investigates potential Russian false-flag operations.
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Nearly four years after the Nord Stream attack, Croatian authorities have arrested Volodymyr Zhuravliov, a Ukrainian citizen, while he was working on a Hollywood film about the pipeline bombing, starring Adrien Brody and Sean Penn. The arrest took place last Wednesday in the city of Pula, Croatia, where the two actors and director Doug Liman were filming 'Snake Island'. The arrest was made under a European arrest warrant issued by Germany, which…
A Ukrainian suspected of having participated in the sabotage of Nord Stream was arrested in Croatia. He was working on the shooting of a film dedicated to the case, with Sean Penn and Adrien Brody at the casting.
A Ukrainian man arrested in connection with the Nord Stream bombing was detained while working on a Hollywood film about the attack on the pipeline, media reported on Thursday.
According to “The Guardian”, in early August, sandbags and barricades appeared in front of the Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb. Soon the film crew and extras in Ukrainian military uniforms were noticed. Then actors - Sean Penn and Adrien Brody - and director Doug Liman appeared on the set in the capital of Croatia.As it turned out, Liman came to Zagreb to shoot his new film - the political thriller “Island of Snakes”. Its plot concerns the sabotage of…
The film-ready blasting of the North Stream pipelines inspires a Hollywood film. On its set the diver Wolodymyr Z., who advises the crew, is arrested. The Ukrainian is said to have attached the explosives and must now be in custody.
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