Overview

• A Warsaw court ordered the Ukrainian diver held for 40 more days as judges weigh Germany’s European arrest warrant.
• Prime Minister Donald Tusk said handing over the detainee is not in Poland’s interest and criticized the decision to build Nord Stream 2.
• Defense lawyers plan to contest transfer to Germany, arguing the European arrest warrant should not be executed during Russia’s war against Ukraine.
• In a related case in Italy, alleged coordinator Serhii K. was arrested and an Italian court approved his extradition to Germany, with further legal steps pending.
• German prosecutors continue to seek several suspects, and reporting indicates one target may have died last year and that a prior Polish attempt to detain the same diver was not executed.