Ukrainian ex-officer stands trial in Germany over Nord Stream bombing
Prosecutors say Serhii K. led a team that used a rented yacht and explosives to damage the pipelines and cut Russian gas revenue.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian ex-military officer Serhii Kuznietsov went on trial in Germany, accused of organizing the 2022 operation that destroyed Nord Stream pipelines and severed Europe from Russian natural gas.
- These explosions ruptured critical pipelines once central to Germany's energy supply, occurring as European nations sought to reduce dependence on Russian gas following the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Using the rented yacht Andromeda, prosecutors allege the suspect organized detonation of four bombs at depths of 70 to 80 meters near the Danish island of Bornholm.
- Kuznietsov faces charges including being an "accomplice to war crimes," while Croatian authorities arrested a second suspect, Vladimir Z., as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denies his country's involvement.
- Sixteen court dates are scheduled through December 17, with the trial expected to continue into February 2027, potentially carrying domestic political implications for the German government.
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The trial against an officer of the Ukrainian army accused of planning an explosion against the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines, four years ago, opened this Wednesday in Hamburg. Serguii Kuznietsov chose not to speak, while the same procedure is being debated in GermanySerguii Kuznietsov will not speak. This Ukrainian officer who had been appearing since Wednesday 14 October before the Hamburg court decided not to express himself on the charg…
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Nord Stream sabotage trial begins in GermanyA Ukrainian former special forces officer is accused of war crimes for leading the September 2022 sabotage of the massive undersea pipeline, which once carried Russian gas to Germany. The officer’s lawyers say Nord Stream was a legitimate military target following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and that the trial is flawed on technical grounds. The proceedings could strain ties between Kyiv and Germ…
A former Ukrainian soldier suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 is on trial in Hamburg. The German justice system wants him behind bars, but on the first day of his trial, his lawyers question why: what is wrong with destroying an aggressor's infrastructure without civilian casualties?
Russia used North Stream gas pipelines as a weapon to exert political and economic pressure, pleading a lawyer for a former Ukrainian officer, Wednesday, in the opening in Germany of the process of sabotaging these German-Russian energy infrastructures nearly four years ago, reports AFP.
Germany: Supporters rally in Hamburg as trial opens over Nord Stream pipeline blasts
Supporters waving Ukrainian flags gathered outside a court in Hamburg on Wednesday, 14 October, in solidarity with a former Ukrainian army officer accused of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions in the Baltic Sea.
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