Nord Stream and Nord Stream II

German arrest warrant over Nord Stream blast mystery

14 August 2024

German state prosecutors trying to solve the mystery of who blew up
the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022 have issued
an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian diving instructor.

The suspect has been named as Volodymyr Z by German media, who have
treated the sabotage like a sensational true crime drama.

Ines Peterson, a spokeswoman for Germany's prosecutor general,
declined to confirm the arrest warrant, telling the BBC that her
office never commented so as not to jeopardise the investigation by
giving the suspect a chance to escape.

But the Polish prosecutor general's spokeswoman, Anna Adamiak, in
Warsaw told the BBC's Adam Easton that a European Arrest Warrant had
indeed been passed to them by German prosecutors.

When Polish officers went to Volodymyr Z's home in early July, he had
already left the country for Ukraine, she said.

He had until then been living in a quiet residential area of Pruszkow,
a town near Warsaw, German media say.

According to an investigation by three German media outlets, including
public broadcaster ARD, Volodymyr Z was part of a team of experienced
Ukrainian divers who in September 2022 hired a German yacht, sailed
out into the Baltic Sea and planted the explosives, blowing up three
of the four Nord Stream pipelines.

A Ukrainian man and a Ukrainian woman are also suspected of
involvement.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvyz1472rpo