Germany Orders Arrest of Alleged Ukrainian Nord Stream Saboteur

Bloomberg.com · last updated August 21, 2025 – 7:40 AM

Italian police detained a Ukrainian national suspected by Germany of being one of the leading protagonists in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022.

The man, identified as 49-year-old Serhii K., was taken into custody overnight in the eastern province of Rimini under a European arrest warrant, according to an emailed statement from the German Federal Prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe.

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