Second Ukrainian arrested in connection with Nord Stream pipeline explosions
German prosecutors say the suspect helped plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines and will be extradited to face sabotage and war-crimes charges.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian national Vladimir was arrested in Pula, Croatia, by police acting on a European arrest warrant linked to the Nord Stream pipeline explosions.
- Prosecutors said Vladimir is a trained scuba diver who was part of a group that planted explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 near the Danish island of Bornholm in Sept 2022.
- Police previously detained Serhii in Italian territory, with prosecutors charging him as an "accomplice to war crimes." Both men allegedly used a yacht chartered from the German port of Rostock.
- The undersea explosions ruptured Nord Stream, Russia's main gas supply route to Germany, while Nord Stream 2 never entered service because Germany suspended its certification process.
- Russia has accused Washington of staging the explosions, a charge Washington has denied, as prosecutors say the plot aimed to disrupt gas deliveries and prevent Russia from financing military operations.
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Diving instructor Volodymyr Z. was already arrested once in Poland in 2025, but at the time a Polish judge rejected a German extradition request. He was subsequently released.
A Ukrainian citizen suspected by German prosecutors of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines was detained in Croatia.
German investigation advanced with a new arrest in Croatia. Vladimir Z., a diver suspected of carrying out sabotage in 2022, collaborated with the alleged leader — also already imprisoned in Germany.
The German prosecutors announced that a second Ukrainian suspect, accused of involvement in the 2022 explosions of the Nord Stream pipeline, was arrested in Croatia and will be extradited to Germany. The attack sparked a wave of controversy, because it was initially attributed to Russia.
Scuba Diver Is 2nd Ukrainian Arrested in Connection With Nord Stream Explosions
German authorities have arrested a second Ukrainian man and “trained scuba diver” suspected of sabotaging two Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022. Croatian police in Pula arrested a man on Aug. 19, identified by German prosecutors only as Vladimir Z. due to privacy laws. Prosecutors described Vladimir Z. as part of a group associated with Serhii K., a former Ukrainian army officer arrested last year. Vladimir Z. faces charges …
Arrested in Croatia a second suspect of involvement in the 2022 explosions at Nord Stream gas pipelines. It is Volodymyr Zhuravlov, Ukrainian citizen who, according to the German Federal Prosecutor's Office, is...
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