Ukraine has denied any involvement in the bombing, and defense lawyers have argued that the operation may not have been a criminal act. The trial coincides with a shift in German politics where the AfD party currently leads national polls and advocates for stopping weapons shipments to Kyiv. A verdict is anticipated in February for the attack that disabled infrastructure that once provided 50% of Germany's gas imports.
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Germany Tries First Person for Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage
Geopolitics7 days ago
Serhii Kuznietsov faced German judges on Wednesday to answer for the 2022 destruction of Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Prosecutors in Hamburg allege that the former Ukrainian military officer coordinated a seven man team that used a rented yacht, the Andromeda, to plant four timed explosives on the Nord Stream lines. The state's case relies in part on a recording from Italian police of a call between Kuznietsov and his wife, in which he allegedly described the sabotage as an official mission conducted on behalf of Ukrainian state agencies.
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