Escalation: Poland detains Ukrainian diver Volodymyr Z
Polish police detained a Ukrainian national identified as Volodymyr Z in the early hours in Pruszkow near Warsaw. He was arrested on a European arrest warrant issued by Germany over the 2022 Nord Stream explosions.
German prosecutors accuse him of jointly causing an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage, and destruction of buildings. They allege he belonged to a group that placed explosives on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines and took part in the dives near Bornholm. The case links the operation to a yacht that left Rostock, rented through intermediaries using forged identity documents.
Proceedings to execute the German warrant have begun in Warsaw. His lawyer will challenge extradition, arguing the warrant is inadmissible because the pipeline’s ownership ties to Gazprom’s financing of Russia’s war mean no Ukrainian should be held criminally responsible for attacks on it.
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