At the bottom of the Baltic Sea, an act of sabotage disrupted energy security for Europeans.
Back in late 2022, while the war in Ukraine was in its first months, a series of underwater explosions that destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines in Germany showed us that the military conflict was going to deeply affect the European energy supply.
Today (21), it has been reported that Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man who is suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream.
Germany’s prosecutor general said that the man would be brought before a German judge after being transferred.
Reuters reported:
“Seen by both Russia and the West as an act of sabotage, no one has ever taken responsibility for explosions that severely damaged pipelines carrying gas from Russia to Europe in September 2022, marking a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict and ramping up an energy supply crisis on the continent.
The suspect, identified only as Serhii K. under German privacy laws, was part of a group of people who planted devices on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm in September 2022, a statement from the prosecutor’s office said.”
BREAKING: A Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany has been arrestedhttps://t.co/TC2ROCL7wW
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The prosecutor’s office states that the man and his accomplices sailed from Germany’s Rostock to carry out the attack.
The boat was rented with fake identity papers.
“Authorities acted on a European arrest warrant for the suspect, who faces charges of collusion to cause an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage and destruction of buildings.”
Watch: Joe Biden, in February 2022 – ‘“There will no longer be a Nord Stream. We will bring an end to it. ‘
This was Joe Biden during a press conference in Feb 2022.
“There will no longer be a Nord Stream. We will bring an end to it.
I promise you. We will be able to do that.”pic.twitter.com/tAAxX1Oxo3 https://t.co/S3fNvnUVCC
— BowTiedMara (@BowTiedMara) August 21, 2025
Deutsche Welle reported:
“The suspect, a Ukrainian national, was detained near Rimini, Italy, prosecutors said. In a statement, they thanked their Italian counterparts and other international law enforcement agencies for their assistance.
[…] Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig praised the ‘impressive success’ that led to the overnight arrest, calling for the case to proceed until all the suspects had been detained.”
ITALIAN POLICE ARREST UKRAINIAN MAN OVER ATTACK ON NORD STREAM PIPELINES, SPIEGEL MAGAZINE REPORTS
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“Because the explosions occurred in Swedish and Danish waters on German-owned equipment, all three countries launched investigations.
In August 2024, German authorities concluded their initial investigation and issued an arrest warrant for the suspected ringleader, a Ukrainian national identified as Volodymyr Z. Officials said he had been living in Poland and had chartered a German yacht to carry out the attack.”
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