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.
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. The pipelines transported Russian gas to Europe.
The pipelines transported Russian gas to Europe, but were not in use at the time.
K. is also accused of attacking civil energy infrastructure, which is considered a war crime under international law, of causing an explosion and of destroying structures.
He has denied involvement and his lawyer told the Reuters news agency that he was confident his client would be acquitted.
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