Nord Stream attack: just following orders?
A former military member is standing before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court
Quick Look
- Serhii K., a 50-year-old Ukrainian and former military member, will appear before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court next week.
- He is accused of participating in a politically sensitive attack that was long considered unsolvable.
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Why It Matters
The defendant Serhii K. is suspected of having carried out a politically sensitive attack in Germany four years ago.
So that's what he's supposed to be: the man who committed this crime of the century. Bald skull, square jaw, muscular, that's how photos show him. A military man who is said to have saluted when his name was mentioned in prison. An agent with false documents and countless secrets who the guards called “James Bond,” or so the story goes. Someone who wanted to stay in the shadows. Who initially apparently didn't even tell his wife what he was supposed to have done four years ago.
His name is Serhii K., he is Ukrainian and is now 50 years old. German investigators have pulled him from the shadowy realm of the secret services and the Ukrainian war into the public eye; next week he will appear in a hall of the Hamburg Higher Regional Court. Many secrets will then be revealed and with them the background to one of the most politically sensitive attacks in the history of the Federal Republic. An attack that many thought could never be solved.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Start of the legal proceedings at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What evidence is there against Serhii K.?
- Who are those behind the attack?