German National Arrested in Russia on Sabotage Charges
The FSB accuses a Hamburg resident of planning attacks on energy facilities in Kaliningrad, allegedly under Ukrainian orders.
- The Federal Security Service (FSB) claims Nikolai Gayduk was detained with liquid explosives at the Kaliningrad border after entering from Poland.
- Gayduk, born in 1967 and residing in Hamburg, is accused of a March explosion at a gas distribution station in Kaliningrad.
- Russian authorities allege Gayduk acted on instructions from a Ukrainian national also living in Hamburg.
- The German Foreign Ministry is aware of the case and has offered consular assistance to Gayduk.
- There is no independent confirmation of the allegations, which come amid heightened tensions between Russia and Western nations.