Poland received a European arrest warrant issued by Berlin in connection with the 2022 attack on Nord Stream pipelines, but the suspect, a Ukrainian man named as Volodymyr Z, has already left Poland, Polish prosecutors told Reuters.
He was able to leave as Germany had failed to include his name in a database of wanted persons, added the prosecutors.
The multi-billion dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting gas under the Baltic Sea were ruptured by a series of explosions in September 2022, seven months after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
German investigators believe Volodymyr Z, a Ukrainian diver, was part of a team that planted the explosives, the SZ and Die Zeit newspapers reported alongside the ARD broadcaster, citing unnamed sources.
Polish National Public Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Anna Adamiak said German authorities sent a European warrant to the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw in June for Volodymyr Z in connection with proceedings conducted against him in Germany.
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@OffendedPloverVeteran2yrs2Y
This is American disinformation. The divers were clearly American, possibly British. Disgusting that the US is now desperately trying to blame Ukraine.
@PopulistAlexaDemocrat2yrs2Y
Yeah, sure. Source: Trust me, bro.
@OffendedPloverVeteran2yrs2Y
So you think a Ukrainian diving instructor carried out the biggest industrial terror attack in Europe in the last 50 years?
Who was really behind this guy???
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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