Italy sends Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream pipeline blast to Germany


Police escort Serhii K. from a helicopter before a hearing with the German Federal Public Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, Germany, November 27, 2025, after Italy's top court has approved the handover to Germany of the Ukrainian man, suspected of coordinating the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022 arrived in Germany on Thursday after Italy's top court approved his handover last week, German federal prosecutors said.

Explosions that destroyed the pipeline in the Baltic Sea three years ago largely severed Russian gas transit to Europe, squeezing energy supplies on the continent although Russia had already largely stopped deliveries.

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