Germany: Ukrainian national charged over Nord Stream blasts
Key takeaways
- A Ukrainian national has been charged in relation to a series of explosions which severely damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2022.
- Public broadcaster ARD and newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and Zeit named the accused as Serhii K. , who was detained in Italy on a German arrest warrant in August 2025 and extradited to Germany.
- The 50-year-old Ukrainian soldier from Kyiv is accused of leading a team of seven accomplices in the operation which destroyed three of four key Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
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A Ukrainian national has been charged in relation to a series of explosions which severely damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2022.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GP4x The suspect was detained in Italy on a German arrest warrant in August 2025 and extradited to Germany [FILE: Nov 27, 2025]Image: Uli Deck/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement German federal prosecutors have filed charges against a Ukrainian national over a series of Nord Stream pipeline blasts in September 2022, German media reported on Wednesday.
Public broadcaster ARD and newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and Zeit named the accused as Serhii K. , who was detained in Italy on a German arrest warrant in August 2025 and extradited to Germany.