Escalation: Italy arrests Serhiy K. on German warrant
Italian carabinieri detained 49-year-old Ukrainian Serhii K. at a holiday bungalow in the Rimini area on a European arrest warrant issued by Germany on Monday. He surrendered without resistance while staying with his family and was taken to the Rimini jail. The timing was given as late Wednesday near Rimini or early Thursday in San Clemente.
He is accused of helping coordinate the Nord Stream sabotage and of being part of the team that placed explosives on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 lines near Bornholm. The team is alleged to have used the chartered yacht Andromeda, rented from a German company via intermediaries with forged IDs, sailing from Rostock toward the site.
He faces counts including causing an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage, and destruction of infrastructure. Traces of undersea explosives were previously found in samples taken from a yacht searched in the probe. He now faces extradition to appear before a federal judge in Germany.
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