Ukrainian Man Arrested In Connection to Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion

We may finally have our answer on who blew up the Nordstram pipeline.

A breaking report by the Associated Press has revealed that a Ukrainian man has been arrested in Italy over his connection to allegedly coordinating the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion.

The Nord Stream gas pipeline, positioned between Russia and Germany, exploded in 2022.

The mainstream media initially denied reports that the Ukrainians were involved in the blast and deemed reports as such as “conspiracies.”

AP broke the story of the man’s arrest:

A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Italy on Thursday, authorities said.

The 49-year-old was detained in the early hours in San Clemente, a village inland from Italy’s Adriatic coast and 11 kilometers (7 miles) from the resort of Rimini, after Italian authorities were alerted to his possible presence in the country, police in Italy said.

Officers raided a bungalow where the suspect was staying with his family for a few days. Police said he surrendered without resistance.

The man was detained on a European arrest warrant that was issued Monday by German authorities. German federal prosecutors identified him only as Serhii K. in line with local privacy rules.

He was taken to jail in Rimini after his arrest. It wasn’t immediately clear how soon he might be handed over to German authorities.

Undersea explosions on Sept. 26, 2022, damaged pipelines that were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The damage added to tensions over the war in Ukraine as European countries moved to wean themselves off Russian energy sources, following the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Prosecutors have given little detail so far on their investigation, but said two years ago they found traces of undersea explosives in samples taken from a yacht that was searched as part of the probe.

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The Guardian revealed the Ukrainian man’s identity:

The man, identified only as Serhiy K, is believed to have been onboard the sailing boat from where the attack was allegedly carried out.

Carabinieri arrested him on Wednesday evening near Rimini after a European arrest warrant was issued on Monday, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office (GBA) said on Thursday.

The attacks on the pipelines, which were not in use, were carried out on 26 September 2022 and damaged them apparently beyond repair.

Investigators have long suspected a Ukrainian commando operation.

Divers are believed to have been taken there by the chartered sailing yacht Andromeda, which set off from the German port of Rostock to the area close to the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm, where they planted explosives on the sea bed.

Serhiy K is thought to have been onboard. Investigators do not believe he was one of the divers, but he is thought to have had a leading role as a coordinator of what appeared to have been a well-planned operation.

The yacht was hired with the help of intermediaries and using forged identity papers, from a German company, according to prosecutors.

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The incident has been under investigation since 2022 by the GBA, which said it intended to charge any suspects with anti-constitutional sabotage and causing an explosion.

During extensive media investigations, in particular by the news magazine Der Spiegel, people who allegedly had detailed knowledge of the incident said the commandos had not intended to commit a crime. Instead, they had considered it an attack on a legitimate military target due to Russia’s war on Ukraine, not least because the profits from gas deliveries to Germany had contributed significantly to financing Moscow’s war.

Spiegel’s research revealed evidence suggesting the action had been sanctioned by the Ukrainian armed forces, although this has been denied by Kyiv.