Overview
- Italy's Court of Cassation approved the handover, with the defense saying the suspect will be surrendered to German authorities within days.
- The suspect, 49-year-old Serhii Kuznietsov—identified in Germany as Serhii K.—was arrested on Aug. 21 at a campground near Rimini under a European warrant and later staged a hunger strike over jail conditions.
- German prosecutors intend to pursue charges including collusion to cause an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage and destruction of important structures.
- Extradition documents allege he organized the placement and detonation of multiple 14–27 kilogram charges near Bornholm and used forged identity papers to charter a yacht from Rostock.
- He denies involvement, asserting he was serving in Ukraine at the time, as a Polish court recently blocked Germany's extradition request for a different Ukrainian suspect.