BERLIN: German prosecutors mentioned Wednesday (Jul 1) that they had introduced costs towards a suspect within the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream fuel pipeline linking Russia with Europe.
Federal prosecutors confirmed to AFP {that a} man had been charged over the explosion, with German media reporting that he was a Ukrainian nationwide mentioned to be the pinnacle of the workforce that carried out the operation.
They mentioned he was the identical suspect who was arrested in summer time 2025 in Italy and extradited to Germany the next November, who was named on the time as Serhii Kuznietsov.
The regulation agency representing him confirmed to AFP that their consumer was being charged with “assaults on civilian power infrastructure, inflicting an explosives detonation, and demolition of constructed constructions”.
Kuznietsov is assumed by investigators to have been in command on the yacht used to hold out the operation, in accordance with media studies.
He’s now reportedly in detention in Hamburg, the place he’ll face trial.
The proof gathered towards him is described as “overwhelming”, as he allegedly incriminated himself throughout telephone calls he made to family and acquaintances when he was in custody in Italy.
