Overview

• Volodymyr Z., a Ukrainian diving instructor, was detained in Pruszkow on a German European arrest warrant tied to the 2022 pipeline explosions.
• German federal prosecutors allege he was part of a group that placed explosive devices on Nord Stream 1 and 2 near Denmark’s Bornholm island.
• Polish authorities said they will ask a court to remand him in custody and noted that an extradition ruling must come within 100 days.
• The suspect denies the accusations, and his lawyer called the warrant legally baseless while invoking the wartime context and accusing Gazprom of financing Russian military operations.
• This is the second arrest in the German-led inquiry after an alleged accomplice was detained in Italy in August, where a judge later ordered extradition to Germany.