Ukrainian officer goes on trial in Hamburg over the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage

Summary

A former Ukrainian army officer is going on trial in Germany over the undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany four years ago, The Independent reported, and The Guardian said the special forces officer, Serhii Kuznetsov, denies involvement in the 2022 blasts and is to go on trial in Hamburg. The Financial Times named the accused Serhii Kuznietsov and said the officer is accused of leading a group of divers who placed explosives on the pipelines in the Baltic Sea, and BBC News said Serhii K will appear in court accused of a plot to destroy Russia's gas pipelines to Germany.

Latest: A former Ukrainian army officer, named Serhii Kuznetsov by The Guardian and Serhii Kuznietsov by the Financial Times, is going on trial in Hamburg over the 2022 Nord Stream sabotage, accused of leading the divers who placed explosives on the pipelines, which The Guardian says the officer denies.

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