Ukrainian National Charged in Germany Over Nord Stream Sabotage

BERLIN, July 2. /TASS/. Germany's Federal Public Prosecutor General has confirmed that charges have been filed against a Ukrainian national suspected of involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.

Prosecutors believe he and his accomplices developed a sabotage plan on behalf of Ukrainian government agencies.

"On June 20, the Federal Public Prosecutor General filed charges against Ukrainian citizen Sergey K. with the Hanseatic State Regional Court in Hamburg. There are sufficient grounds to suspect him of being an accomplice to a war crime involving attacks on civilian objects, carrying out explosions using explosives, destroying construction sites, and disrupting public utility operations," the statement said. According to the Federal Public Prosecutor General, Sergey K. served as an officer in the Ukrainian army in 2022. The prosecutors noted that "he and other [Ukrainian] servicemen, acting on the orders of Ukrainian government agencies, developed a plan to destroy the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. The goal was to prevent Russia from receiving revenue from gas trade."

The Federal Public Prosecutor General supports the media’s account that the sabotage group used a sailboat rented with forged documents to transport explosives to the pipelines.