Overview

• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it is not in Poland’s interest to hand over the suspect, using the case to criticize the decision to build Nord Stream 2.
• The detained Ukrainian, identified as Wolodymyr Z., was arrested near Warsaw and remains in custody while extradition paperwork is examined.
• Germany’s federal prosecutors accuse him of helping place explosives on the Baltic Sea pipelines and have cited charges including causing an explosion, sabotage and destruction of structures.
• Defense lawyers plan to challenge transfer to Germany, arguing execution of the warrant is inadmissible given the war in Ukraine.
• In a parallel case in Italy, another Ukrainian suspect, Serhii K., was arrested and a court ordered his extradition to Germany, with appeals and transfer steps still underway.