Overview

• German federal prosecutors said Italian police detained the suspect, identified as Serhii K. under privacy rules, in the Rimini area on a European arrest warrant.
• Prosecutors allege he helped coordinate a team that placed explosive devices on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines near Denmark’s Bornholm island in September 2022.
• Investigators say the group used a yacht rented from the German port of Rostock with forged identities, and earlier searches found traces of the explosive octogen linked to the probe.
• The suspect faces charges including causing an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage, and destruction of structures, and he is being held pending extradition to Germany.
• Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig called the arrest a significant investigative step, as attribution remains disputed and Ukraine denies state involvement.